Safest Cities in Rhode Island

Top 28 cities (≥10,000 pop) by lowest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Portsmouth at 11.4/100K.

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Rhode Island

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

Portsmouth reported 2 violent and 61 property offenses on a 17,579 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 347/100K sits beside the 11.4/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Portsmouth, Bristol, East Greenwich, Smithfield, Burrillville.

Portsmouth offense desk

Portsmouth's 2024 violent book concentrates in aggravated assault (50% of 2 Part I violent offenses; mix index 5,000).

Portsmouth's violent rate fell 87.5% vs 2023 (90.8 → 11.4 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Rhode Island list.

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

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