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Fort Smith Crime Rate Report (Arkansas)

Fort Smith crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Fort Smith for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Fort Smith in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 140.22% and the city property crime rate in Fort Smith was higher than the national property crime rate average by 113%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Fort Smith was higher than the violent crime rate in Arkansas by 48% and the city property crime rate in Fort Smith was higher than the property crime rate in Arkansas by 98.75%.

Property and Violent Crime
Fort Smith Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Fort Smith Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Fort Smith Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault557
Arson7
Burglary361
Larceny and Theft2,415
Motor Vehicle Theft194
Murder and Manslaughter7
Rape93
Robbery58
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,424
Property Crime2,970
Violent Crime715
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault738
Arson12
Burglary354
Larceny and Theft2,558
Motor Vehicle Theft324
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape91
Robbery47
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,690
Property Crime3,236
Violent Crime880

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Fort Smith Property Crime

Fort Smith Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Fort Smith Crime 2025

Fort Smith Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Fort Smith Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Fort Smith Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Fort Smith, Arkansas crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Fort Smith crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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