The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Springdale, AR
Springdale is the fourth-largest city in Arkansas, with 85,300 residents in Washington County, about 8 miles north of downtown Fayetteville · Updated November 2026
Is Springdale, AR safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Springdale has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Springdale run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 737 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Springdale as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Springdale scores 737.
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 Springdale, AR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Springdale, 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 Springdale
Robberies are less common than in most B-graded cities. Springdale has 0.21 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63.
Reported rape at about triple the US rate. Springdale has 1.1 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Springdale
Low crime is the norm across Springdale: 92% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Springdale run from A+ to C; 26% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
92%
A or B 92%C 8%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Springdale, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Springdale?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Springdale is down 36%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.5 to 4.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 13% and property crime fell 28%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
SpringdaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Springdale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Springdale
Violent, US
Property, Springdale
Property, US
2016
-3%
+4%
+21%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+9%
+12%
2018
+9%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
+4%
-4%
-8%
2021
+5%
+6%
-3%
-10%
2022
+25%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
+26%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
+10%
-4%
-36%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Springdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Springdale has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% more than the US as a whole and close to 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.
Theft makes up about 38% of crime reported in Springdale. 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 Springdale
Springdale has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Springdale, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 45% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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 Springdale compares with nearby cities
Springdale has the most crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Springdale looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 78% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.58 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 74% 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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% of US city residents
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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 Springdale: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 66% of US city residents
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.92% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 58% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.5.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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 Springdale
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Springdale about $1,606 a year per household, 33% more than 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 $151 million a year, or $1,766 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$6.2 million
$73
Rape
$5.7 million
$67
Robbery
$570,000
$7
Assault
$17 million
$197
Burglary
$1.6 million
$19
Theft
$7.2 million
$84
Vehicle theft
$2.1 million
$24
Arson
$65,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.7 million
$43
Total
$44 million
$514
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 Springdale 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 Springdale, AR average a SchoolGrade of B: 41% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Springdale on SchoolGrade
