#9- State public records

 Federal data shows that level of violent crimes dropping in the natural state, something the head of Arkansas State Police attributes to law enforcement getting back to the basics. 

FBI crime data figures how violent crime in Arkansas took a significant drop in 2022. These numbers buck a trend after being on a fairly steady climb since 2013 and making significant jumps in 2020 and 2021. 

The 2022 figures were just released last week and drawn from data submitted from law enforcement enforcement agencies throughout the state. Violent crimes include homicide ,rape, robbery and aggravated assault, and for 2022 the rate for these crimes was 645.3 incidents per 100,000 people or 15,542 incidents in total. 

Arkansas still remains well above the national average in terms of rates of violent crime, which most recently was recorded at 380.7 incidents per 100,000 people. FBI statistics show that Arkansas has topped the national average since 2004.