The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Heights, Little Rock, AR: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Heights

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Heights. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Heights, Little Rock, AR Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

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D
Other Crime Grade
D

$6.83 million

Cost of Crime™ for Heights, Little Rock, AR

In 2025, crime will cost $2,244 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Heights with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Heights, Little Rock, AR Safe?

The D overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Heights's combined rate is higher than the norm. Heights sits in the 18th percentile, ahead of 18% of neighborhoods and behind 82%. The grade covers only Heights's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Heights is 61.05 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the north part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 9 in the southwest areas to 1 in 23 in the north.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the south parts of Heights, Little Rock, AR report the most crime, about 85 cases per year. The central part reports the fewest, around 14 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Heights, Little Rock, AR

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Heights for 2025 is $6,825,360, about $975 per resident and $2,244 per household. That equals 1.1% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 52.4%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 36.3%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.2%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Heights Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Heights, Little Rock, AR: $975
Downtown Little Rock, Little R: $2171
Woodland Edge, Little Rock, AR: $604
Arkansas: $729
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Heights is $975 per year, which is $511 more than the national average and $246 more than Little Rock's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Heights:
  • In Downtown Little Rock, Little R, crime costs $2,171 per person, which is $1,196 more than in Heights.
  • In Woodland Edge, Little Rock, AR, crime costs $604 per person, which is $371 less than in Heights

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Heights for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Heights
Cost per Heights Resident
Murder
$2.01 million
$286
Rape/Sexual Assault
$595,520
$85
Robbery
$102,024
$15
Assault
$1.01 million
$144
Kidnapping
$122,446
$17
Vehicle Theft
$951,871
$136
Burglary
$357,233
$51
Theft
$825,493
$118
Arson
$24,100
$3
Vandalism
$506,493
$72
Animal Cruelty
$1,869
$0
Drug Crimes
$316,813
$45
Identity Theft
$7,037
$1
Total Cost of Crime
$6,825,360
$975

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Heights, Little Rock, AR

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Heights totals $16,423,292 ($2,346 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $23,248,652 ($3,321 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The west part of the neighborhood holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Heights has 7, do the same, and of Heights's 7,001 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Heights Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Heights residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
5.020
Robbery
0.4633
Rape
1.403
Murder
0.1524
Total Violent Crime
7.039 (D+)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
22.77
Vehicle Theft
8.780
Burglary
5.626
Arson
0.1425
Total Property Crime
37.32 (D)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.2885
Drug Crimes
6.118
Vandalism
10.13
Identity Theft
0.1299
Animal Cruelty
0.0361
Total "Other" Rate
16.70 (D)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Heights is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Heights.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D-
D
D-
D-
D
D-
F
D-
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
D+
D
D+
F
F
F
F
F
F
D
D-
D+
D
C-
D-

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Heights is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A-
B
B
D-
D-
D-
D+
C-
C-
D-
D-
D-
B-
A
A
C
A-
A-
D+
D-
D-
F
D-
D-
D
D
D
B+
A
A

Considering only the crime rate, Heights is less safe than the Arkansas state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Heights, Little Rock, AR average SchoolGrade of B-, with 44% actual proficiency versus 44% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Heights schools on SchoolGrade

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