FBI arson data · 2024
Arkansas Arson
332 arson offenses were reported by 417 Arkansas law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.9% of the national total. The most was reported by Little Rock Police Department (61).
Arkansas agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock Police Department | City | Pulaski County | 61 |
| Pulaski County Sheriff's Office | County | Pulaski County | 14 |
| North Little Rock Police Department | City | Pulaski County | 11 |
| Hot Springs Police Department | City | Garland County | 10 |
| Fort Smith Police Department | City | Sebastian County | 10 |
| Pine Bluff Police Department | City | Jefferson County | 9 |
| White County Sheriff's Office | County | White County | 8 |
| Jacksonville Police Department | City | Pulaski County | 7 |
| Jonesboro Police Department | City | Craighead County | 6 |
| Faulkner County Sheriff's Office | County | Faulkner County | 6 |
| Blytheville Police Department | City | Mississippi County | 6 |
| Rogers Police Department | City | Benton County | 5 |
| Independence County Sheriff's Office | County | Independence County | 5 |
| Lonoke County Sheriff's Office | County | Lonoke County | 5 |
| Van Buren County Sheriff's Office | County | Van Buren County | 5 |
| Boone County Sheriff's Office | County | Boone County | 4 |
| West Memphis Police Department | City | Crittenden County | 4 |
| Helena-West Helena Police Department | City | Phillips County | 4 |
| Benton Police Department | City | Saline County | 4 |
| El Dorado Police Department | City | Union County | 4 |
| Stuttgart Police Department | City | Arkansas County | 3 |
| Baxter County Sheriff's Office | County | Baxter County | 3 |
| Mountain Home Police Department | City | Baxter County | 3 |
| Bentonville Police Department | City | Benton County | 3 |
| Harrison Police Department | City | Boone County | 3 |
Arkansas arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Arkansas arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Arkansas in 2024?+
332 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 417 Arkansas law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 108 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Arkansas?+
Little Rock Police Department, with 61 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Pulaski County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Arkansas?+
Arkansas's 332 reported arsons were 0.9% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.