Warren, RI carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 67% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Warren, RI shows violent crime at 115.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 735.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 67% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
115.2/100K violent
735.4/100K property
-67% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Warren, RI
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Warren reported 13 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 11,286. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Warren's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Rhode Island cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Warren's 115.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Johnston (119.3), Middletown (119.9), North Providence (104.8), Cranston (93.1). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 191.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 115.2 in 2024 (-39.7%). The highest observed value was 213.5 in 2022 and the lowest 115.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Warren sits mid-pack among comparable Rhode Island cities
At 115.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Warren ranks 10 of 35 — above 25 of the 34 other Rhode Island cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +68.5% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 13.5% of the 96 Part I offenses reported in Warren for 2024, against a median of 10.3% across comparable Rhode Island cities — a gap of 3.3 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.
Property counts dominate Warren'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.
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 11,286. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Warren's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.2 Census sq mi, Warren logged 13.5 property and 2.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Warren's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 96 offenses; mix index 4,626).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.2 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
-35.8%
179.5 → 115.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-24.8%
978.2 → 735.4/100K
Property offenses lead Warren's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
83
735.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
63
558.2
-
Burglary
12
106.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
70.9
-
Arson
1
8.9
-
Violent Crime
13
115.2
352
Aggravated Assault
7
62
-
Rape
6
53.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Warren Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Warren 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
Warren Police Department
Reporting agency for Warren NIBRS-participating
Warren Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Warren's 96 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 Warren in population. Their populations run from 6,835 to 14,957, against 11,286 here. Or use our
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Warren at 115.2/100K violent and 735.4/100K property - matched below outside Rhode Island (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Warren reported 13 violent crimes and 83 property crimes, for a total of 96 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Warren?
From 2023 to 2024, Warren's violent crime rate decreased by 35.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 24.8%.
What is the most common crime in Warren?
The most common crime type in Warren is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.6% of all reported crimes (63 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Warren 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 Warren, RI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.