Benton County, AR Arrest Records

Benton County, AR is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.37 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Pulaski, Garland, Washington, Boone, Saline counties in Arkansas.
Benton County, AR property crime rate is 2.57 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 328 burglary related arrests in 2016 that increased by 45.78% compared to 2015.

Benton County, AR Crime Rate

Total arrests in Benton County in 2016 increased by 30.24% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 99 to 95 while non-violent crime increased by 37.27% from 483 to 663.

5 Crimes In Benton County, AR in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime	Arrests
Burglary	328
Larceny-theft	300
Aggravated assault	65
Motor vehicle theft	35
Revised rape	26

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Benton County decreased by 4.04% from 2015 and decreased by 39.87% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 158 to 95. In 2016 violent crime rate in Benton County was 92.16% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.037%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Benton County increased by 37.27% from 2015 and increased by 44.44% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 459 to 663. In 2016 property crime rate in Benton County was 90.97% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.257%.

How Benton stands up against other counties

Benton vs. Washington

You’ll be in more safety in Benton compared to Washington county that had 12.36% higher crime rate compared to Benton county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.2517 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.7323 in Washington county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.1355 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.2193 in Washington county.

Benton vs. Sebastian

You’ll be in more risk in Benton compared to Sebastian county that had 0.01% lower crime rate compared to Benton county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0077 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0000 in Sebastian county.
Burglary rates of 1.2699 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.8138 in Sebastian county.

Names with the most arrests in Benton

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Benton, Arkansas, the most crimes, that's 36.8% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30. Misdemeanor records are popular among white population of the county.

DID you know?

The overall crime rate in Benton County is 0.91% lower than the national average.
For every 1,000 residents, there are 0.8 daily crimes that occur in Benton County.
Benton, AR is safer than Washington.
In Benton County you have a 1 in 341 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
Year over year crimes in Benton, AR have increased by 30.24%.

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