Blytheville, AR Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Blytheville, AR Summary

Crime in Blytheville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Blytheville over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Blytheville:

  • There were 714 total crimes committed in Blytheville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,779.5 total crimes per 100K people in Blytheville.
  • The overall crime rate in Blytheville is 172.72% above the national average.
  • Blytheville ranks #210 safest out of 214 cities in Arkansas.
  • Blytheville ranks #9,673 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Blytheville Vs Arkansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Blytheville is 5,779.5 per 100,000 people. That's 172.72% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 130.36% higher than the Arkansas total crime rate of 2,508.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Blytheville
/ 100k People
Arkansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 714 5,779.5 2,508.9 2,119.2
Murder 5 40.5 7.3 5.0
Robbery 23 186.2 38.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 135 1,092.8 463.5 256.0
Violent Crime 168 1,359.9 579.4 359.0
Burglary 163 1,319.4 352.7 229.0
Larceny 333 2,695.5 1,400.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 50 404.7 176.8 259.0
Property Crime 546 4,419.6 1,929.5 1,760.0

Blytheville Crime Compared To Arkansas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Arkansas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Blytheville

168
Violent Crimes
1,359.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
278.80%
Above The National Average
  • There were 168 violent crimes in Blytheville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Blytheville is 1,359.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 73.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Blytheville each year. That compares to a 1 in 172.6 chance statewide.
  • That's 278.80% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 134.72% higher than the Arkansas violent crime rate of 579.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Blytheville

546
Property Crimes
4,419.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
151.11%
Above The National Average
  • There were 546 property crimes in Blytheville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Blytheville is 4,419.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 22.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Blytheville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 151.11% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 129.05% higher than the Arkansas property crime rate of 1,929.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Blytheville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Jonesboro, AR 81,256 3,059 3,764.6 3,044.7 719.9
Bartlett, TN 55,494 851 1,533.5 1,283.0 250.5
Paragould, AR 30,814 1,175 3,813.2 2,898.0 915.2
Millington, TN 11,785 519 4,403.9 3,801.4 602.5
Atoka, TN 10,777 75 695.9 519.6 176.3
Trumann, AR 7,367 274 3,719.3 2,538.3 1,180.9
Munford, TN 6,901 74 1,072.3 623.1 449.2
Caruthersville, MO 5,129 251 4,893.7 3,665.4 1,228.3
Manila, AR 3,724 68 1,826.0 1,423.2 402.8

Blytheville SnackAbility

2
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
2
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
9.5
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