West Warwick, RI carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 43% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Warwick, RI shows violent crime at 198.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 558.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 43% 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
198.9/100K violent
558.8/100K property
-43% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Warwick, RI
Position in the state cohort
West Warwick reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Rhode Island cities
At 198.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Warwick ranks 5 of 35 — above 30 of the 34 other Rhode Island cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +191.0% 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
West Warwick's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Rhode Island cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Warwick's 198.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Newport (176.3), Charlestown (146.8), Providence (276.7), Middletown (119.9). 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 26.3% of the 240 Part I offenses reported in West Warwick for 2024, against a median of 10.3% across comparable Rhode Island cities — a gap of 16.0 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 68.4% of reported property offenses in West Warwick, against a cohort median of 80.1%. The remainder is burglary (28) and motor vehicle theft (28). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 211.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 198.9 in 2024 (-6.0%). The highest observed value was 217.4 in 2023 and the lowest 156.9 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate West Warwick'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.
West Warwick's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.8 Census sq mi, West Warwick logged 22.6 property and 8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
West Warwick leans on larceny-theft at 50% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,145.
Violent offenses are 26% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-30.6%
805.6 → 558.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-8.5%
217.4 → 198.9/100K
Property offenses lead West Warwick's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
177
558.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
121
382
-
Burglary
28
88.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
28
88.4
-
Arson
6
18.9
-
Violent Crime
63
198.9
352
Aggravated Assault
38
120
-
Rape
20
63.1
-
Robbery
5
15.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
West Warwick Crime Trend (2020-2024)
West Warwick 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
West Warwick Police Department
Reporting agency for West Warwick NIBRS-participating
West Warwick Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Warwick's 240 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 West Warwick in population. Their populations run from 23,308 to 37,213, against 31,675 here. Or use our
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West Warwick at 198.9/100K violent and 558.8/100K property - matched below outside Rhode Island (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, West Warwick reported 63 violent crimes and 177 property crimes, for a total of 240 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Warwick?
From 2023 to 2024, West Warwick's violent crime rate decreased by 8.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 30.6%.
What is the most common crime in West Warwick?
The most common crime type in West Warwick is larceny-theft, accounting for 50.4% of all reported crimes (121 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Warwick 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 West Warwick, RI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.