River Mountain is a neighborhood of 14,300 residents in Little Rock, about 8 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is River Mountain in Little Rock safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, River Mountain has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. Little Rock as a whole grades D+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B; see the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 735 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than River Mountain as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. River Mountain scores 735.
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 River Mountain, Little Rock, AR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in River Mountain in Little Rock, 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 River Mountain
Car thefts happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Little Rock as a whole, 43% of reported car thefts happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
How River Mountain compares within Little Rock
Every part of River Mountain where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across River Mountain run from A- to B; every part of River Mountain has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
River Mountain has less crime than 20 of the 22 neighborhoods in Little Rock. It covers much of the Rock Creek, River Mountain, and Walnut Valley areas.
Is crime going up in Little Rock?
Reported violent crime in Little Rock as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 18% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 16% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 15 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 62 to 52 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Little RockUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Little Rock. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Little Rock
Violent, US
Property, Little Rock
Property, US
2016
+0%
+4%
+12%
+15%
2017
+8%
+4%
+13%
+12%
2018
-5%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+18%
+4%
-23%
-8%
2021
+32%
+6%
-15%
-10%
2022
+18%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
+17%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
+9%
-4%
-16%
-15%
Crime rates and types in River Mountain
CrimeGrade™ estimates River Mountain has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% more than the US as a whole and 66% less than Little Rock as a whole.
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.
Theft makes up about 36% of crime reported in River Mountain. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Little Rock
The Little Rock Police Department polices River Mountain; these figures cover Little Rock as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Little Rock as a whole, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 40% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (56%)
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 River Mountain compares with nearby neighborhoods
River Mountain has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Woodland Edge has less.
Tree cover, density and walkability in River Mountain
Two things set River Mountain apart: it has tree cover over 50% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.50% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.98% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 River Mountain
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs River Mountain about $1,197 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 $19 million a year, or $1,328 per resident.
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 River Mountain 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 River Mountain, Little Rock, AR average a SchoolGrade of B-: 38% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in River Mountain on SchoolGrade
