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Crime rates for Hot Springs, AR

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Hot Springs crime rates

Population 35,587

About Hot Springs crime rates

With a crime rate of 89 per one thousand residents, Hot Springs has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 11. Within Arkansas, more than 98% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Hot Springs.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 35,587, Hot Springs has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Hot Springs does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Hot Springs.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Hot Springs does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Hot Springs.

For Hot Springs, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included forcible rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Hot Springs is one in 108.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Hot Springs is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Hot Springs, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 12, which is a rate of 80 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Hot Springs has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Hot Springs is one in 278.

Hot Springs Crime Data

CRIME INDEX
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(100 is safest) Safer than 1% of
the cities
in the US.

Hot Springs Annual Crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
328 2,847 3,175
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
9.22 80.00 89.22

Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 3.9

My chances of becoming a victim

in Hot Springs 1 in 108

in Arkansas 1 in 208

9.22
4.81
Hot Springs Arkansas
Population 35,587 Hot Springs violent crimes
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORT TOTAL 2 22 47 257
RATE PER 1,000 0.06 0.62 1.32 7.22
Population 311,591,917 United States violent crimes
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORT TOTAL 14,612 83,425 354,396 751,131
RATE PER 1,000 0.05 0.27 1.14 2.41

Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 29.1

My chances of becoming a victim

in Hot Springs 1 in 12

in Arkansas 1 in 27

80.00
37.54
Hot Springs Arkansas
Population 35,587 Hot Springs property crimes
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORT TOTAL 589 2,130 128
RATE PER 1,000 16.55 59.85 3.60
Population 311,591,917 United States property crimes
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORT TOTAL 2,188,005 6,159,795 715,373
RATE PER 1,000 7.02 19.77 2.30

Crimes Per Square Mile

National Median 39.6

90
22
Hot Springs Arkansas

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