State crime profile · 2024

Rhode Island Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 35 cities and 0 counties in Rhode Island (RI), ranked safest to most dangerous from 49 reporting agencies.

154.6
Violent / 100K
1,040.1
Property / 100K
35
Cities

The verdict

Rhode Island's 154.6 violent crimes per 100,000 runs 56% below the U.S. average, making it one of the safest states in the country.

154.6
violent crimes per 100K
-56%
vs. the U.S. average
4th
safest of 51 states & DC
1,040.1
property crimes per 100K

How safe is Rhode Island? FBI UCR data snapshot

Rhode Island (RI) reported 1,720 violent crimes and 11,569 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 49 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 154.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1040.1 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 1,112,308. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 35 Rhode Island cities and 0 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 219.9 to 154.6 per 100,000, a decline of 29.7%. City-level detail pages within Rhode Island include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

State figures roll up the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) submissions from local and county agencies across the state, then express them per 100,000 residents so one state can be compared with another. Statewide averages hide a great deal of variation: a handful of large cities often account for much of a state's reported violent crime, while most of its land area and population live with markedly lower rates. Reporting completeness also differs between states, so a year-over-year change can reflect which agencies filed data as much as any real shift on the ground. Read a state number as the broad backdrop, then drill into the city and county pages for the local detail that actually shapes day-to-day decisions.

Violent Crime Rate
154.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
1040.1/100K
Population
1,112,308
Data Year
2024

How Rhode Island ranks nationally

Rhode Island vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

155 Safer than 92% lower than 92% of 51 U.S. states

0–100: 0 U.S. states (0%). Below this entry. 100–200: 6 U.S. states (12%). This entry sits in this band. 200–300: 18 U.S. states (35%). Above this entry. 300–400: 10 U.S. states (20%). Above this entry. 400–500: 12 U.S. states (24%). Above this entry. 500–600: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 600–700: 2 U.S. states (4%). Above this entry. 700–800: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 800–900: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 900–1,000: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 1,000–1,100: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 1,100+: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. RI 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

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Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest Cities

Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate

Most Dangerous Cities

Top 50 by highest violent crime rate

Crime Trends

Multi-year charts & analysis

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 1,112,308 1,720 154.6 11,569 1040.1
2023 1,095,962 1,852 169 12,390 1130.5
2022 1,093,734 1,904 174.1 14,253 1303.2
2021 1,095,610 2,191 200 13,559 1237.6
2020 1,057,125 2,427 229.6 13,308 1258.9
2019 1,059,361 2,359 222.7 16,394 1547.5
2018 1,057,315 2,329 220.3 17,707 1674.7
2017 1,059,639 2,474 233.5 18,714 1766.1
2016 1,056,426 2,529 239.4 19,050 1803.2
2015 1,056,298 2,565 242.8 20,210 1913.3
2014 1,055,173 2,320 219.9 23,141 2193.1

Cities in Rhode Island

Safest cities in Rhode Island

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Cumberland is the safest sizeable city in Rhode Island, at 59.1 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Rhode Island

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Woonsocket reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Rhode Island, at 390.6 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Rhode Island's largest cities — violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 12 cities; the anchor city is ringed. Rhode Island's largest cities — violent vs. property crime SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME 53 422 Violent crime per 100K → 481 1,791 Property crime per 100K → Providence: 277 violent · 1,658 property per 100K · grade C Providence Warwick: 80 violent · 1,147 property per 100K · grade A Warwick Cranston: 93 violent · 1,052 property per 100K · grade A Cranston Pawtucket: 308 violent · 1,512 property per 100K · grade C Pawtucket East Providence: 74 violent · 681 property per 100K · grade A Woonsocket: 391 violent · 1,501 property per 100K · grade C Cumberland: 59 violent · 535 property per 100K · grade A Coventry: 69 violent · 962 property per 100K · grade A North Providence: 105 violent · 635 property per 100K · grade A West Warwick: 199 violent · 559 property per 100K · grade A Johnston: 119 violent · 981 property per 100K · grade A North Kingstown: 64 violent · 780 property per 100K · grade A Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Rhode Island's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Providence 193,679 276.7 C
Warwick 84,297 79.5 A
Cranston 83,815 93.1 A
Pawtucket 76,400 307.6 C
East Providence 47,555 73.6 A
Woonsocket 43,776 390.6 C
Cumberland 37,213 59.1 A
Coventry 36,388 68.7 A
North Providence 34,355 104.8 A
West Warwick 31,675 198.9 A
Johnston 30,172 119.3 A
North Kingstown 28,212 63.8 A
Newport 24,957 176.3 B
Westerly 23,540 63.7 A
Lincoln 23,308 85.8 A
Central Falls 22,881 323.4 C
Smithfield 22,414 35.7 A
Bristol 22,262 27 A+
Portsmouth 17,579 11.4 A+
Barrington 17,286 75.2 A
Burrillville 16,728 41.8 A+
Middletown 16,680 119.9 A
Tiverton 16,175 68 A
East Greenwich 14,957 33.4 A+
Narragansett 14,591 82.2 A
North Smithfield 12,796 62.5 A
Warren 11,286 115.2 A
Glocester 10,427 48 A+
Hopkinton 8,527 46.9 A+
Richmond 8,282 48.3 A+
Charlestown 8,172 146.8 A
West Greenwich 6,835 14.6 A+
Jamestown 5,550 54.1 A+
Foster 4,569 21.9 A+
Little Compton 3,592 27.8 A+

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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using PlainCrime rankings responsibly

Crime rankings are most useful when they sit alongside other community-quality signals, school performance, housing affordability, employment, and access to healthcare. A safer-than-average violent-crime rate in a small commuter suburb does not by itself make a city a better place to live; it is one data point among many. Likewise, a higher-than-average rate in a dense urban center may reflect that residents and visitors interact with police more often, not that the city is necessarily unsafe for its residents. We provide cross-links from each city profile to neighboring jurisdictions, state averages, and national benchmarks so you can read each number in context rather than in isolation.

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