Crime Grade · Rhode Island

Most Dangerous Cities in Rhode Island

30 reporting Rhode Island cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 74.8 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Woonsocket	44,779	364.0	B5/10
2	Providence	195,376	285.6	B4/10
3	Central Falls	23,119	272.5	B4/10
4	Pawtucket	77,252	223.9	A3/10
5	Newport	24,287	185.3	A3/10
6	Warren	11,065	162.7	A2/10
7	West Warwick	31,358	159.4	A2/10
8	Tiverton	15,814	132.8	A2/10
9	Johnston	30,522	127.8	A2/10
10	Middletown	16,474	109.3	A1/10
11	North Providence	34,901	97.4	A1/10
12	Lincoln	23,727	96.9	A1/10
13	Cranston	84,734	88.5	A1/10
14	Warwick	83,590	87.3	A1/10
15	Scituate	10,691	74.8	A1/10
16	East Providence	47,555	73.6	A1/10
17	Coventry	36,111	66.5	A1/10
18	Westerly	23,540	63.7	A1/10
19	South Kingstown	32,540	55.3	A1/10
20	East Greenwich	14,863	53.8	A1/10
21	North Kingstown	27,950	53.7	A1/10
22	North Smithfield	12,957	46.3	A1/10
23	Cumberland	37,735	45.1	A1/10
24	Portsmouth	17,253	40.6	A1/10
25	Glocester	10,632	37.6	A1/10
26	Barrington	16,967	35.4	A1/10
27	Smithfield	22,414	31.2	A1/10
28	Bristol	22,262	27.0	A1/10
29	Narragansett	14,360	13.9	A1/10
30	Burrillville	16,937	11.8	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.