Hot Springs, AR Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hot Springs, AR Summary

Crime in Hot Springs research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs:

  • There were 1,785 total crimes committed in Hot Springs in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,697.2 total crimes per 100K people in Hot Springs.
  • The overall crime rate in Hot Springs is 121.65% above the national average.
  • Hot Springs ranks #204 safest out of 214 cities in Arkansas.
  • Hot Springs ranks #9,515 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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Hot Springs Vs Arkansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hot Springs is 4,697.2 per 100,000 people. That's 121.65% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 87.22% higher than the Arkansas total crime rate of 2,508.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hot Springs
/ 100k People
Arkansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,785 4,697.2 2,508.9 2,119.2
Murder 6 15.8 7.3 5.0
Robbery 20 52.6 38.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 134 352.6 463.5 256.0
Violent Crime 203 534.2 579.4 359.0
Burglary 267 702.6 352.7 229.0
Larceny 1,193 3,139.4 1,400.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 122 321.0 176.8 259.0
Property Crime 1,582 4,163.0 1,929.5 1,760.0

Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs

203
Violent Crimes
534.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
48.80%
Above The National Average
  • There were 203 violent crimes in Hot Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hot Springs is 534.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 187.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hot Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 172.6 chance statewide.
  • That's 48.80% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -7.80% lower than the Arkansas violent crime rate of 579.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hot Springs

1,582
Property Crimes
4,163.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
136.54%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,582 property crimes in Hot Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hot Springs is 4,163.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 24.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hot Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 136.54% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 115.75% higher than the Arkansas property crime rate of 1,929.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hot Springs

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Little Rock, AR 204,247 14,065 6,886.3 5,214.3 1,672.0
Benton, AR 38,408 1,029 2,679.1 2,265.2 414.0
Bryant, AR 22,262 497 2,232.5 2,057.3 175.2
Maumelle, AR 19,516 253 1,296.4 1,117.0 179.3
Malvern, AR 11,155 341 3,056.9 2,402.5 654.4
Arkadelphia, AR 10,222 218 2,132.7 1,839.2 293.5
Morrilton, AR 7,112 238 3,346.5 2,812.1 534.3

Hot Springs SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
3
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
9
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