An updated study by the National Council for Home Safety and Security ranks Benton as the 17th safest city in the state.
The study compiled the total number of crimes reported by each city by adding violent and property crimes and then created a crime rate as the number of crimes per 1,000 people. Other calculations and adjustments are explained in further detail in the full article, which can be found along with the list of safest cities here: https://www.alarms.org/safest-cities-in-arkansas/
You can view near-real-time crime information for Benton here: https://www.bentonpolice.org/crime-stats
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