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

Cleveland has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Arkansas, at 95.3, followed by Searcy and Pike (data vintage FBI CDE 2018-2022 avg). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2022 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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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 2018-2022 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Arkansas
RankCountyValue
1Cleveland95.3
2Searcy126.8
3Pike141.7
4Woodruff161.0
5Prairie169.8
6Lafayette176.3
7Baxter182.4
8Fulton183.6
9Madison187.5
10Nevada194.3
11Hot Spring195.2
12Conway211.0
13Calhoun211.2
14Sevier216.1
15Montgomery218.5
16Clay221.2
17Grant227.8
18Stone239.3
19Lincoln249.6
20Little River259.3
21Van Buren259.5
22Bradley261.4
23Benton274.5
24Randolph294.6
25Polk296.8

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.

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