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The South > Arkansas > Crime

ARKANSAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 10.5% [1st of 40]
Aggravated assault 11,227 [23rd of 51]
Arson deaths 0 [28th of 49]
Burglary 32,042 [24th of 51]
Capital offenses
Capital murder (Ark. Code Ann. 5-10-101) with a finding of at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances; treason.
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 23 [15th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 1 [9th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 25 [7th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 27 [10th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 145 [14th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 36 [18th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 13 [21st of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 16.3 [9th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,308 [24th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 62.7 [24th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 12.4 [32nd of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 24.8 [25th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 176 [26th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 2 [8th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 6 [31st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 91 [13th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 3 [38th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 11 [28th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 113 [20th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 186 [26th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 3.4% [31st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 23.2% [28th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 26.6% [15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 20.3% [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 9.6% [25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 6.8% [13th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 5.1% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 12.4% [4th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 51.4% [9th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0% [38th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 0% [41st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 63.8% [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 0% [42nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 35.6% [38th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 21.2 % [40th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 78.8 % [10th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 75.2 % [5th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 10.9 % [34th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 13.9 % [46th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 11.9% [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 23.7% [38th of 49]
Larceny-theft 72,016 [29th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 226 [7th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 81.32 per 1 million people [2nd of 44]
Lynchings > Total 284 [6th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 102.189 per 1 million people [2nd of 44]
Lynchings > White 58 [6th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 20.87 per 1 million people [6th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 7,463 [36th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 205 [24th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 13,807 [28th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 4.968 per 1,000 people [13th of 50]
Property crime total 111,521 [28th of 51]
Robbery 2,766 [32nd of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 123 [25th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 44.258 per 1 million people [24th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 0 [49th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 0 per 100,000 people [36th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 73 [25th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.263 per 10,000 people [8th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 2 [12th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.72 per 1 million people [6th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 8 [11th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 2.879 per 1 million people [4th of 50]
Stop and Identify statutes > States with "Stop and Identify" statutes
Ark. Code Ann. ยง5-71-213(a)(1)
Violent crime 15,506 [28th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 962 [21st of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 34.615 per 100,000 people [20th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes

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