Safest counties for violent crime rate in Arkansas

Top 25 of 75 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Arkansas
Rank	County	Value
1	Sharp	90.9 per 100k
2	Montgomery	157.4 per 100k
3	Pike	173.5 per 100k
4	Baxter	215.5 per 100k
5	Clay	235.2 per 100k
6	Nevada	262.0 per 100k
7	Marion	263.6 per 100k
8	Grant	267.1 per 100k
9	Hot Spring	280.7 per 100k
10	Chicot	285.2 per 100k
11	Howard	290.7 per 100k
12	Lincoln	293.4 per 100k
13	Scott	297.2 per 100k
14	Searcy	300.0 per 100k
15	Newton	301.6 per 100k
16	Carroll	307.4 per 100k
17	Sevier	307.6 per 100k
18	Lafayette	308.9 per 100k
19	Stone	311.4 per 100k
20	Bradley	314.6 per 100k
21	Little River	316.9 per 100k
22	Cleveland	318.5 per 100k
23	Saline	320.1 per 100k
24	Fulton	323.1 per 100k
25	Ashley	325.9 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Arkansas counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Arkansas (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Arkansas

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