Newport, RI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 50% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Newport, RI shows violent crime at 176.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,490.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 50% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
176.3/100K violent
1490.6/100K property
-50% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Newport, RI
Comparable rate records
Newport's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Rhode Island cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Newport's 176.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are West Warwick (198.9), Charlestown (146.8), Middletown (119.9), Johnston (119.3). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Newport reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Rhode Island cities
At 176.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Newport ranks 6 of 35 — above 29 of the 34 other Rhode Island cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +157.9% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 305.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 176.3 in 2024 (-42.3%). The highest observed value was 305.8 in 2020 and the lowest 176.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Newport'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.
Newport's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.7 Census sq mi, Newport logged 48.6 property and 5.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Newport's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (71% of 416 offenses; mix index 5,306).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.7 sq mi); 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
-16.8%
211.8 → 176.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-3.2%
1539.5 → 1490.6/100K
Property offenses lead Newport's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs RI
Property Crime
372
1490.6
1040.1
Larceny-Theft
295
1182
-
Burglary
58
232.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
19
76.1
-
Arson
2
8
-
Violent Crime
44
176.3
154.6
Aggravated Assault
30
120.2
-
Rape
13
52.1
-
Robbery
1
4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Newport Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Newport 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
Newport Police Department
Reporting agency for Newport NIBRS-participating
Newport Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Newport's 416 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 Newport in population. Their populations run from 22,262 to 31,675, against 24,957 here. Or use our
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Newport at 176.3/100K violent and 1,490.6/100K property - matched below outside Rhode Island (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Newport reported 44 violent crimes and 372 property crimes, for a total of 416 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Newport?
From 2023 to 2024, Newport's violent crime rate decreased by 16.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 3.2%.
What is the most common crime in Newport?
The most common crime type in Newport is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.9% of all reported crimes (295 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Newport 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 Newport, RI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.