Safest Places to Live in Rhode Island of September 2026
Rhode Island, or the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is located in the United States’ northeastern region as it is officially known. It is one of the New England states and one of the oldest colonies. It is bordered by Connecticut, Massachusetts, the Atlantic Ocean, and New York (maritime border).
Rhode Island is the smallest state of all and the eighth least populous, with slightly over 1 million residents. It is also the second-most densely populated state, right after New Jersey. The capital and largest city of Rhode Island is Providence, which has approximately 180,000 residents.
Rhode Island was one of the states that showed the most allegiance to the British Crown. It was also the last state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. Rhode Island’s official nickname is the Ocean State, and the reason for it is rather obvious – it has so many bays and inlets in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ranking Criteria
ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:
Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000
This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.
The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 10,000 residents were not included in the list.
10 Safest Places in Rhode Island of September 2026
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Barrington | Population:16 090 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,25 |
| Rank:2 | City:Smithfield | Population:21 790 | Total Number of Crimes:6 | Crime Score:0,28 |
| Rank:3 | City:East Greenwich | Population:13 119 | Total Number of Crimes:5 | Crime Score:0,38 |
| Rank:4 | City:Glocester | Population:10 281 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,39 |
| Rank:5 | City:North Smithfield | Population:12 568 | Total Number of Crimes:6 | Crime Score:0,48 |
| Rank:6 | City:Burrillville | Population:16 859 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:0,53 |
| Rank:7 | City:Scituate | Population:10 707 | Total Number of Crimes:6 | Crime Score:0,56 |
| Rank:8 | City:South Kingstown | Population:30 656 | Total Number of Crimes:19 | Crime Score:0,62 |
| Rank:9 | City:Portsmouth | Population:17 330 | Total Number of Crimes:11 | Crime Score:0,63 |
| Rank:10 | City:Westerly | Population:22 475 | Total Number of Crimes:15 | Crime Score:0,67 |
Crime Score in All Cities in Rhode Island of September 2026
If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Rhode Island cities.
We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:
- Under 10,000 Residents
- 10,000 – 30,000 Residents
- Over 30,000 Residents
These are the results that we got:
Under 10,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Richmond | Population:7 701 | Total Number of Crimes:3 | Crime Score:0,39 |
| Rank:2 | City:Hopkinton | Population:8 110 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,49 |
| Rank:3 | City:Little Compton | Population:3 488 | Total Number of Crimes:2 | Crime Score:0,57 |
| Rank:4 | City:West Greenwich | Population:6 375 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,63 |
| Rank:5 | City:Foster | Population:4 730 | Total Number of Crimes:3 | Crime Score:0,63 |
| Rank:6 | City:Jamestown | Population:5 508 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,73 |
| Rank:7 | City:Charlestown | Population:7 819 | Total Number of Crimes:6 | Crime Score:0,77 |
| Rank:8 | City:New Shoreham | Population:1 032 | Total Number of Crimes:3 | Crime Score:2,91 |
10,000 – 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Barrington | Population:16 090 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,25 |
| Rank:2 | City:Smithfield | Population:21 790 | Total Number of Crimes:6 | Crime Score:0,28 |
| Rank:3 | City:East Greenwich | Population:13 119 | Total Number of Crimes:5 | Crime Score:0,38 |
| Rank:4 | City:Glocester | Population:10 281 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,39 |
| Rank:5 | City:North Smithfield | Population:12 568 | Total Number of Crimes:6 | Crime Score:0,48 |
| Rank:6 | City:Burrillville | Population:16 859 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:0,53 |
| Rank:7 | City:Scituate | Population:10 707 | Total Number of Crimes:6 | Crime Score:0,56 |
| Rank:8 | City:Portsmouth | Population:17 330 | Total Number of Crimes:11 | Crime Score:0,63 |
| Rank:9 | City:Westerly | Population:22 475 | Total Number of Crimes:15 | Crime Score:0,67 |
| Rank:10 | City:Middletown | Population:15 934 | Total Number of Crimes:11 | Crime Score:0,69 |
| Rank:11 | City:Tiverton | Population:15 745 | Total Number of Crimes:11 | Crime Score:0,70 |
| Rank:12 | City:Bristol | Population:22 070 | Total Number of Crimes:16 | Crime Score:0,72 |
| Rank:13 | City:North Kingstown | Population:26 286 | Total Number of Crimes:23 | Crime Score:0,87 |
| Rank:14 | City:Narragansett | Population:15 411 | Total Number of Crimes:14 | Crime Score:0,91 |
| Rank:15 | City:Johnston | Population:29 424 | Total Number of Crimes:32 | Crime Score:1,09 |
| Rank:16 | City:Lincoln | Population:21 891 | Total Number of Crimes:25 | Crime Score:1,14 |
| Rank:17 | City:Warren | Population:10 419 | Total Number of Crimes:18 | Crime Score:1,73 |
| Rank:18 | City:West Warwick | Population:28 847 | Total Number of Crimes:54 | Crime Score:1,87 |
| Rank:19 | City:Newport | Population:24 584 | Total Number of Crimes:68 | Crime Score:2,77 |
| Rank:20 | City:Central Falls | Population:19 423 | Total Number of Crimes:82 | Crime Score:4,22 |
Over 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:South Kingstown | Population:30 656 | Total Number of Crimes:19 | Crime Score:0,62 |
| Rank:2 | City:Cumberland | Population:35 206 | Total Number of Crimes:25 | Crime Score:0,71 |
| Rank:3 | City:Coventry | Population:34 751 | Total Number of Crimes:31 | Crime Score:0,89 |
| Rank:4 | City:Warwick | Population:80 749 | Total Number of Crimes:76 | Crime Score:0,94 |
| Rank:5 | City:East Providence | Population:47 590 | Total Number of Crimes:62 | Crime Score:1,30 |
| Rank:6 | City:North Providence | Population:32 655 | Total Number of Crimes:44 | Crime Score:1,35 |
| Rank:7 | City:Cranston | Population:81 471 | Total Number of Crimes:127 | Crime Score:1,56 |
| Rank:8 | City:Pawtucket | Population:72 030 | Total Number of Crimes:293 | Crime Score:4,07 |
| Rank:9 | City:Providence | Population:179 762 | Total Number of Crimes:892 | Crime Score:4,96 |
| Rank:10 | City:Woonsocket | Population:41 709 | Total Number of Crimes:237 | Crime Score:5,68 |
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Archives
- Safest Places to Live in Rhode Island 2020
- Safest Places to Live in Rhode Island 2019
- Safest Places to Live in Rhode Island 2018
- Safest Places to Live in Rhode Island 2017
- Safest Places to Live in Rhode Island 2016
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