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Safest cities in Rhode Island? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated Rhode Island city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 6.58 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score

Validated cities27Current candidate pages

Candidate population515,773Sum of listed city estimates

Selected offenses3,394FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

12,871 residents North Smithfield 11.81 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 23,464 residents Lincoln 11.04 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 36,101 residents Coventry 9.89 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 30,362 residents Johnston 9.78 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 22,514 residents Smithfield 9.42 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 23,217 residents Westerly 9.35 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

10,492 residents Glocester 1.24 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 10,715 residents Scituate 1.49 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 22,022 residents Bristol 2.09 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 5,486 residents Jamestown 2.92 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 8,123 residents Richmond 3.08 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 16,798 residents Burrillville 3.33 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

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Rhode Island city candidates

City	Population	Selected offenses	Rate per 1,000	Trend
North Smithfield	12,871	152	11.81	Increasing
Lincoln	23,464	259	11.04	Roughly stable
Coventry	36,101	357	9.89	Increasing
Johnston	30,362	297	9.78	Decreasing
Smithfield	22,514	212	9.42	Increasing
Westerly	23,217	217	9.35	Increasing
Middletown	16,599	138	8.31	Increasing
North Kingstown	27,845	226	8.12	Increasing
Warren	11,107	84	7.56	Decreasing
Barrington	17,019	123	7.23	Roughly stable
Tiverton	15,928	111	6.97	Mixed
North Providence	34,720	224	6.45	Decreasing
East Greenwich	14,750	92	6.24	Roughly stable
West Warwick	31,275	191	6.11	Mixed
Cumberland	37,450	205	5.47	Increasing
Charlestown	8,032	40	4.98	Roughly stable
Narragansett	14,368	62	4.32	Increasing
West Greenwich	6,730	28	4.16	Decreasing
Portsmouth	17,382	64	3.68	Roughly stable
Hopkinton	8,394	30	3.57	Decreasing
South Kingstown	32,009	110	3.44	Decreasing
Burrillville	16,798	56	3.33	Roughly stable
Richmond	8,123	25	3.08	Decreasing
Jamestown	5,486	16	2.92	Decreasing
Bristol	22,022	46	2.09	Decreasing
Scituate	10,715	16	1.49	Roughly stable
Glocester	10,492	13	1.24	Mixed

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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