Central Falls, RI carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 8% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Central Falls, RI shows violent crime at 323.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,005.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 8% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
323.4/100K violent
1005.2/100K property
-8% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Central Falls, RI
Position in the state cohort
Central Falls reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Rhode Island cities
At 323.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Central Falls ranks 2 of 35 — above 33 of the 34 other Rhode Island cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +373.1% against the cohort median of 68.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Central Falls's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Rhode Island cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Central Falls's 323.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pawtucket (307.6), Providence (276.7), Woonsocket (390.6), West Warwick (198.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 24.3% of the 304 Part I offenses reported in Central Falls for 2024, against a median of 10.3% across comparable Rhode Island cities — a gap of 14.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 455.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 323.4 in 2024 (-29.0%). The highest observed value was 455.7 in 2020 and the lowest 323.4 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 70.4% of reported property offenses in Central Falls, against a cohort median of 80.1%. The remainder is burglary (19) and motor vehicle theft (49). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Central Falls's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Central Falls's 2024 municipal footprint
Central Falls leans on larceny-theft at 53% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,487.
Violent offenses are 24% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-24.9%
430.5 → 323.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
+4.4%
963 → 1005.2/100K
Property offenses lead Central Falls's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
230
1005.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
162
708
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
49
214.2
-
Burglary
19
83
-
Arson
3
13.1
-
Violent Crime
74
323.4
352
Aggravated Assault
55
240.4
-
Rape
11
48.1
-
Robbery
8
35
-
Murder
0
0
-
Central Falls Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Central Falls property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Central Falls Police Department
Reporting agency for Central Falls NIBRS-participating
Central Falls Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Central Falls's 304 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Rhode Island
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Rhode Island cities closest to Central Falls in population. Their populations run from 17,286 to 28,212, against 22,881 here. Or use our
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Central Falls at 323.4/100K violent and 1,005.2/100K property - matched below outside Rhode Island (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Central Falls reported 74 violent crimes and 230 property crimes, for a total of 304 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Central Falls?
From 2023 to 2024, Central Falls's violent crime rate decreased by 24.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 4.4%.
What is the most common crime in Central Falls?
The most common crime type in Central Falls is larceny-theft, accounting for 53.3% of all reported crimes (162 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Central Falls figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Central Falls, RI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.