Most Dangerous Cities in Rhode Island

Top 28 cities (≥10,000 pop) by highest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Woonsocket at 390.6/100K.

FBI UCR Highest-Crime Snapshot: Rhode Island

Rhode Island lists 28 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Woonsocket at 390.6/100K violent down to Portsmouth at 11.4/100K on this highest-crime cut. That is a 379.2/100K spread inside the elevated cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 114.5 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Woonsocket reported 171 violent and 657 property offenses on a 43,776 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 1500.8/100K sits beside the 390.6/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Woonsocket, Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence, West Warwick.

Woonsocket offense desk

Woonsocket's 2024 violent book concentrates in aggravated assault (63% of 171 Part I violent offenses; mix index 4,640).

Woonsocket's violent rate fell 10.2% vs 2023 (435.2 → 390.6 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Rhode Island highest-crime list.

Woonsocket violent offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

# Grade City Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
1 C Woonsocket 43,776 390.6/100K 1500.8/100K
2 C Central Falls 22,881 323.4/100K 1005.2/100K
3 C Pawtucket 76,400 307.6/100K 1511.8/100K
4 C Providence 193,679 276.7/100K 1657.9/100K
5 A West Warwick 31,675 198.9/100K 558.8/100K
6 B Newport 24,957 176.3/100K 1490.6/100K
7 A Middletown 16,680 119.9/100K 791.4/100K
8 A Johnston 30,172 119.3/100K 981/100K
9 A Warren 11,286 115.2/100K 735.4/100K
10 A North Providence 34,355 104.8/100K 634.6/100K
11 A Cranston 83,815 93.1/100K 1052.3/100K
12 A Lincoln 23,308 85.8/100K 1111.2/100K
13 A Narragansett 14,591 82.2/100K 404.4/100K
14 A Warwick 84,297 79.5/100K 1147.1/100K
15 A Barrington 17,286 75.2/100K 700/100K
16 A East Providence 47,555 73.6/100K 681.3/100K
17 A Coventry 36,388 68.7/100K 961.9/100K
18 A Tiverton 16,175 68/100K 680.1/100K
19 A North Kingstown 28,212 63.8/100K 779.8/100K
20 A Westerly 23,540 63.7/100K 913.3/100K
21 A North Smithfield 12,796 62.5/100K 1133.2/100K
22 A Cumberland 37,213 59.1/100K 534.8/100K
23 A+ Glocester 10,427 48/100K 115.1/100K
24 A+ Burrillville 16,728 41.8/100K 304.9/100K
25 A Smithfield 22,414 35.7/100K 928/100K
26 A+ East Greenwich 14,957 33.4/100K 601.7/100K
27 A+ Bristol 22,262 27/100K 215.6/100K
28 A+ Portsmouth 17,579 11.4/100K 347/100K

Rhode Island overview · Safest cities · National most dangerous cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.