Fort Smith crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Fort Smith for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Fort Smith in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 158.35% and the city property crime rate in Fort Smith was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 176%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Fort Smith was higher than the
violent crime rate in Arkansas by 67.67% and the city property crime rate in Fort Smith was higher than the
property crime rate in Arkansas by 103.76%.