Beebe is a city of 12,300 in White County, about 10 miles northeast of downtown Cabot · Updated November 2026
Is Beebe, AR safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Beebe is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Beebe sits near the middle: 50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Beebe run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 837 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Beebe as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Beebe scores 837.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Beebe, AR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Beebe, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Beebe
Reported rapes run high for an A-graded city. Beebe has 1.3 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.25.
The safest and least safe parts of Beebe
Every part of Beebe where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Beebe run from A+ to B+; 57% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Beebe, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Beebe?
Reported property crime in Beebe has fallen 50% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 34 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 25%.
Property crime, change since 2019
BeebeUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Beebe. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Beebe
Property, US
2016
+14%
+15%
2017
+40%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-31%
-8%
2021
-41%
-10%
2022
-26%
-6%
2023
-33%
-7%
2024
-50%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Beebe
CrimeGrade™ estimates Beebe has about 37 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 21% less than Arkansas.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Beebe, about 41% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Beebe
Beebe has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Beebe, 49% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Beebe compares with nearby cities
Beebe has more crime than 5 of its 6 nearest cities. El Paso and Barrentine Corner have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Beebe apart: it has 10.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary runs lower here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 85% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Beebe: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.59% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.25 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 79% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Beebe on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Beebe
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Beebe about $1,223 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $20 million a year, or $1,616 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$430,000
$35
Rape
$990,000
$80
Robbery
$89,000
$7
Assault
$2.5 million
$203
Burglary
$200,000
$16
Theft
$770,000
$62
Vehicle theft
$140,000
$11
Arson
$27,000
$2
Vandalism
$500,000
$40
Total
$5.6 million
$458
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Beebe means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Beebe, AR average a SchoolGrade of A-: 41% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Beebe on SchoolGrade
