What is the crime rate in Fayetteville, AR?

In 2025, the Fayetteville Police Department reported 471 violent crimes and 2,013 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 447 violent and 1,911 property crimes per 100,000 of the 105,335 residents it serves.

Across Arkansas the rates were 536 and 1,670.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 447
Property per 100,000: 1,911
Violent crimes: 471
Property crimes: 2,013

Crime reported by the Fayetteville Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	435	428	3,290	3,237	101,624
2024	448	430	2,490	2,392	104,089
2025	471	447	2,013	1,911	105,335

Violent crimes reported went from 435 in 2023 to 471 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,290 in 2023 to 2,013 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Fayetteville against Arkansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fayetteville	447	1,911
Arkansas	536	1,670
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Fayetteville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fayetteville	—	447	1,911
Johnson	4.3 mi	295	1,502
Farmington	5.4 mi	123	370
Greenland	5.4 mi	482	482
Tontitown	7.9 mi	99	750
Springdale	8.3 mi	527	1,358
Elkins	8.8 mi	388	630
Goshen	9.5 mi	0	81
West Fork	9.5 mi	85	635

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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