Arkansas is located in the southeastern region of the United States. Its landscape includes diverse images, such as the Ozark, the Quachita Mountains, and the Arkansas Timberlands on the one hand, and the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta on the other.

Arkansas was one of the Confederate states. Its economy was weak for a long time, even after joining the Union, because it relied solely on slavery and agriculture. After World War II, the state’s economy expanded to the service industry, aircraft, steel, tourism, cotton, and rice.

Being home to over 3 million people, Arkansas is the 33rd most populous state in the United States. The capital and the largest city is Little Rock, with around 200,000 residents. Little Rock is a hub for transportation, government, culture, and business.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 5,000 residents were not included in the list.

30 Safest Places in Arkansas of September 2024

Crime Score in All Cities in Arkansas of September 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Arkansas cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

• Under 3,000 Residents
• 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
• 10,000 – 30,000 Residents
• Over 30,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

10,000 – 30,000 Residents

Over 30,000 Residents

How safe do you feel?

Is your city safe enough? Are you worried because of the crime rate in your town? Do you have any thoughts on safety levels in the country?

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Archives

• Safest Places to Live in Arkansas 2020
• Safest Places to Live in Arkansas 2019
• Safest Places to Live in Arkansas 2018
• Safest Places to Live in Arkansas 2017
• Safest Places to Live in Arkansas 2016

Sources:

• FBI Crime Reports
• Census
• Wikipedia