What is the crime rate in Fort Smith, AR?

In 2025, the Fort Smith Police Department reported 720 violent crimes and 3,070 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 793 violent and 3,379 property crimes per 100,000 of the 90,848 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: 793
Property per 100,000: 3,379
Violent crimes: 720
Property crimes: 3,070

Crime reported by the Fort Smith 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	926	1,024	3,787	4,188	90,417
2024	760	845	3,327	3,698	89,977
2025	720	793	3,070	3,379	90,848

Violent crimes reported went from 926 in 2023 to 720 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,787 in 2023 to 3,070 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.

Fort Smith against Arkansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fort Smith	793	3,379
Sebastian County	614	2,494
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 Fort Smith, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fort Smith	—	793	3,379
Barling	5.5 mi	314	1,311
Van Buren	7.1 mi	211	2,106
Roland	8.9 mi	334	1,192
Kibler	9.2 mi	575	958
Lavaca	11 mi	196	392
Greenwood	12 mi	174	215
Alma	13 mi	379	1,137
Muldrow	13 mi	916	2,217

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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