The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pulaski County, AR
Pulaski County, the most populous county in Arkansas, is home to 399,800 residents and includes Little Rock and North Little Rock · Updated November 2026
Is Pulaski County, AR safe?
Crime in Pulaski County is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 85% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Pulaski County. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B- against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pulaski County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
C
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 423 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pulaski County as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pulaski County scores 423.
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 Pulaski County, AR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pulaski County, 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 Pulaski County
Aggravated assault stands out among C-graded counties. For the typical resident of a C-graded US county, the figure is 3.7 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Pulaski County has 10.3.
Burglary at about triple the US rate. Pulaski County has 7.1 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Pulaski County
Safety changes a lot from one part of Pulaski County to the next: 52% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 38% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Pulaski County run from A+ to F; 15% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
52%10%38%
A or B 52%C 10%D or F 38%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Pulaski County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Maumelle area has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Pulaski County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Pulaski County is up 11% and property crime is down 15%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 12 to 13 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 49 to 42 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Pulaski CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Pulaski County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pulaski County
Violent, US
Property, Pulaski County
Property, US
2016
-4%
+4%
+12%
+15%
2017
+3%
+4%
+12%
+12%
2018
-5%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+20%
+4%
-17%
-8%
2021
+34%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
+21%
+5%
-8%
-6%
2023
+18%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
+11%
-4%
-15%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pulaski County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pulaski County has about 96 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Pulaski County is assault, about 39% of the total. It also makes up 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 Pulaski County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Pulaski County, 2022 to 2024.
In Pulaski County, 57% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 37% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (37%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
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 Pulaski County compares with nearby counties
Pulaski County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Two things set Pulaski County apart: it has 67 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 10.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.67 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 90% of Americans
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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 60% of Americans
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.10.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 70% of Americans
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.88% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 52% of Americans
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 Pulaski County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pulaski County about $3,026 a year per household, more than double the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $516 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $1.91 billion a year, or $4,771 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$124 million
$311
Rape
$19 million
$48
Robbery
$19 million
$48
Assault
$196 million
$490
Burglary
$26 million
$64
Theft
$62 million
$155
Vehicle theft
$26 million
$65
Arson
$2.2 million
$5
Vandalism
$42 million
$104
Total
$516 million
$1,291
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 Pulaski County 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 Pulaski County, AR average a SchoolGrade of D: 27% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Pulaski County on SchoolGrade
