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FBI quarterly crime data · 12 months ending March 2026

Arkansas Crime Trends

Violent crime in Arkansas is down 6.6% and property crime is down 14.6% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before — summed from preliminary reports by 354 agencies covering 3,033,821 people.

Violent crime
15,977
-6.6% vs year earlier
Property crime
48,268
-14.6% vs year earlier
Murder
189
-14.9% vs year earlier
Motor vehicle theft
4,086
-19.6% vs year earlier

Arkansas crime by offense

Offenses reported by Arkansas agencies in the 12 months ending March 2025 and the 12 months ending March 2026. Percent changes are derived from our summed common-month counts, not FBI-published.

OffenseTo March 2025To March 2026Change
Violent crime17,10515,977-6.6%
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter222189-14.9%
Rape2,1402,102-1.8%
Robbery1,147933-18.7%
Aggravated assault13,59612,753-6.2%
Property crime56,53048,268-14.6%
Burglary10,2848,398-18.3%
Larceny-theft41,16135,784-13.1%
Motor vehicle theft5,0854,086-19.6%
Arson*327337+3.1%

*Arson is reported separately and not included in the property crime index.

Arkansas, month by month

Each month of the 12 months ending March 2026 against the same calendar month a year earlier — sums of Arkansas agency reports, with percent changes derived from those sums. Months are never chained into one continuous series, because the set of reporting agencies differs month to month.

Violent crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 20251,5551,352
-13.1%
May 20251,7321,512
-12.7%
June 20251,6181,418
-12.4%
July 20251,5741,517
-3.6%
August 20251,6061,426
-11.2%
September 20251,5611,378
-11.7%
October 20251,4981,422
-5.1%
November 20251,3041,340
+2.8%
December 20251,2571,234
-1.8%
January 20261,1541,091
-5.5%
February 20261,0651,073
+0.8%
March 20261,1811,214
+2.8%

Property crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 20254,6384,139
-10.8%
May 20255,4674,428
-19.0%
June 20255,0964,293
-15.8%
July 20255,4054,562
-15.6%
August 20255,1954,702
-9.5%
September 20254,8994,148
-15.3%
October 20255,1614,215
-18.3%
November 20254,5923,709
-19.2%
December 20254,7484,104
-13.6%
January 20263,8623,374
-12.6%
February 20263,6693,173
-13.5%
March 20263,7983,421
-9.9%

Largest Arkansas agencies by reported offenses

Counts for the 12 months ending March 2026; each agency's comparison covers the months it reported in both windows.

AgencyPopulationMonthsViolentProperty
Little Rock205,320122,9837,938
Fort Smith90,848127642,920
North Little Rock64,455126792,695
Jonesboro83,296124911,995
Fayetteville105,335124701,986
Pine Bluff38,257125471,356
Conway72,394123531,267
Springdale93,007124351,153
Pulaski49,735123941,045
Hot Springs37,980121851,239
Jacksonville29,03612271896
Garland50,56112326830
West Memphis23,31111371699
Texarkana28,77812320691
Paragould30,9401284821
Benton38,86912161722
Sherwood33,40112210665
El Dorado16,40612267586
Rogers77,0209159590
Searcy24,26712102475
Forrest City12,18712176394
Bentonville63,67012112445
Van Buren24,6941258490
Cabot27,83312110437
Faulkner46,95112142383

†Reported fewer than 12 common months; totals cover those months, identically in both windows.

About this data

  • These are preliminary quarterly submissions, not the FBI's annual crime publication. Nothing is estimated for agencies that did not report, so totals here run lower than the FBI's annual estimated national figures and are not comparable to them.
  • Every comparison is over “common months.” Each agency's two 12-month windows are restricted to the calendar months it reported in both years — 12,072 of the 15,767 agencies reported all 12. A partial reporter's “12-month” figure covers fewer months, but identically in both windows, which keeps its percent change honest.
  • Blank and zero mean different things. A zero is a month an agency reported with no offenses; a blank month was not reported (or not common to both windows) and contributes nothing to any total. Missing is never counted as zero.
  • National figures are FBI-published verbatim; state figures are our sums. The U.S. row comes straight from the FBI's national line, including its published percent changes. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month counts, so state percent changes are computed, not published.
  • Agencies are assigned to states by ORI prefix — the agency's headquarters state. A multi-jurisdiction agency's offenses all land in its HQ state.
  • No per-capita rates. Reporting coverage varies by state and agency, so covered populations do not line up with counts; comparing raw counts across states reflects coverage as much as crime.
  • Arson is reported separately and excluded from the property crime index. It is also measured differently from our annual Arson dataset — the two use different collection windows — so do not compare figures across them.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, quarterly “Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change” table, 12 months ending March 2026. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.

Arkansas crime trends — FAQ

Is crime up or down in Arkansas?+

Across the 354 Arkansas agencies reporting comparable months in both windows, violent crime is down 6.6% and property crime is down 14.6% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before. These are our sums of preliminary agency reports, not FBI-published state totals.

How many murders were reported in Arkansas?+

Arkansas agencies reported 189 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the 12 months ending March 2026, down 14.9% from 222 a year earlier — counting only months reported in both windows.

Which agency reports the most crime in Arkansas?+

Little Rock reported the most offenses in the 12 months ending March 2026: 2,983 violent and 7,938 property crimes. Reported volume tracks agency size and coverage, not just crime.

Where does this data come from?+

The FBI Crime Data Explorer's quarterly "Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change" table — preliminary offense counts, not the FBI's annual estimates. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month reports; agencies are assigned to Arkansas by ORI prefix (headquarters state). pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.

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