Wakefield is a neighborhood of 5,430 residents in Little Rock, about 5 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Wakefield in Little Rock safe?
Crime in Wakefield is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 98% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Wakefield. Violent crime grades F and property crime D-. Little Rock as a whole grades D+. Every neighborhood in Wakefield grades F.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
2% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wakefield as a whole, and 98% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wakefield scores 0.
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 Wakefield, Little Rock, AR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wakefield 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 Wakefield
Burglary stands out among F-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of an F-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 4.6 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Wakefield has 19.0.
Aggravated assaults and robberies both run high. In Wakefield, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 23.7 aggravated assaults and 4.7 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 0.62 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Wakefield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wakefield has about 197 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and 69% more 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Wakefield, about 40% 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 Little Rock
The Little Rock Police Department polices Wakefield; 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 Wakefield compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Wakefield, 8 have less crime. Chicot West and Westwood have the least.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Wakefield
Two things set Wakefield apart: it has 20.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.20.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% 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. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.38% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 96% 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 Wakefield
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wakefield about $6,521 a year per household, more than triple 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 $67 million a year, or $12,418 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield, Little Rock, AR average a SchoolGrade of F: 12% of students test proficient, against 14% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Wakefield on SchoolGrade
