State crime profile · 2024
Rhode Island Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 35 cities (no FBI Table 10 county rows in this vintage) in Rhode Island (RI), ranked safest to most dangerous from 49 reporting agencies.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 154.6
- Violent / 100K
- 1,040.1
- Property / 100K
- 35
- Cities
Rhode Island violent crime is 154.6 per 100,000, 56% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Rhode Island records 154.6 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 56% below the national average (about the 4th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.
- 154.6 violent crimes per 100K
- -56% vs. the U.S. average
- 536 Providence violent-crime reports, volume #1 of 12
- 390.6/100K Woonsocket rate #1 (volume #3)
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.
The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Rhode Island below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.
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.
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% among 51 U.S. states
Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024
Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends
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.
- Cumberland
Cumberland
59 /100K
- North Kingstown
North Kingstown
64 /100K
- Coventry
Coventry
69 /100K
- East Providence
East Providence
74 /100K
- Warwick
Warwick
80 /100K
- Cranston
Cranston
93 /100K
- North Providence
North Providence
105 /100K
- Johnston
Johnston
119 /100K
What this shows Cumberland is the safest sizeable city in Rhode Island, at 59.1 violent crimes per 100,000.
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.
- Woonsocket
Woonsocket
391 /100K
- Pawtucket
Pawtucket
308 /100K
- Providence
Providence
277 /100K
- West Warwick
West Warwick
199 /100K
- Johnston 119
Johnston
119 /100K
- North Providence 105
North Providence
105 /100K
- Cranston 93
Cranston
93 /100K
- Warwick 80
Warwick
80 /100K
What this shows Woonsocket reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Rhode Island, at 390.6 per 100,000.
Providence recorded 536 violent-crime reports (#1 of 12) at 276.7 per 100,000 (rate #3). Woonsocket recorded 171 (#3) at 390.6 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.
Volume #1 is not rate #1 among Rhode Island cities
Violent-crime rate per 100,000 for the count leader and the rate leader among cities with 25,000+ residents, FBI UCR 2024. Each tooltip identifies the relevant rate or volume rank; chart row is not a state rank.
- Woonsocket
Woonsocket
391 /100K
- Providence
Providence
277 /100K
What this shows Providence recorded 536 violent-crime reports (#1 of 12) at 276.7 per 100,000 (rate #3). Woonsocket recorded 171 (#3) at 390.6 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.
| 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+ |
Counties in Rhode Island
FBI Table 10 lists no county rows for Rhode Island in this vintage (5 Census county-equivalents exist; participation is voluntary). Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.
No county profile pages for Rhode Island in this vintage. City and statewide agency totals remain available above.
Nationwide peers for Rhode Island
Similar violent rate (~154.6/100K)
- Mississippi · 142.7/100K violent
- Connecticut · 139/100K violent
- Wyoming · 190.9/100K violent
- New Hampshire · 111.9/100K violent
Similar property rate (~1,040.1/100K)
- Florida · 1030/100K property
- West Virginia · 1089.3/100K property
- Massachusetts · 1101.2/100K property
- Maine · 1149/100K property
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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.
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