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Violent crimes in Rhode Island

Violent crimes in Rhode Island was 1,606 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 6.7% from 2024. That is the 48th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count1,606
Change on 2024-6.7%
Rank48th of 51US states ranked
Series high4,6381991
Series low1,6062025

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Violent crimes in Rhode Island, 1979 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019791986199320002007201420251979: 3,485 count1980: 3,864 count1981: 4,205 count1982: 3,849 count1983: 3,392 count1984: 3,220 count1985: 3,355 count1986: 3,271 count1987: 3,547 count1988: 3,947 count1989: 3,772 count1990: 4,334 count1991: 4,638 count1992: 3,965 count1993: 4,017 count1994: 3,744 count1995: 3,643 count1996: 3,437 count1997: 3,292 count1998: 3,084 count1999: 2,840 count2000: 3,121 count2001: 3,278 count2002: 3,051 count2003: 3,074 count2004: 2,673 count2005: 2,710 count2006: 2,460 count2007: 2,424 count2008: 2,656 count2009: 2,678 count2010: 2,709 count2011: 2,586 count2012: 2,657 count2013: 2,710 count2014: 2,320 count2015: 2,565 count2016: 2,529 count2017: 2,474 count2018: 2,326 count2019: 2,357 count2020: 2,440 count2021: 2,199 count2022: 1,897 count2023: 1,848 count2024: 1,722 count2025: 1,606 count1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019791995201120251979: 3,485 count1980: 3,864 count1981: 4,205 count1982: 3,849 count1983: 3,392 count1984: 3,220 count1985: 3,355 count1986: 3,271 count1987: 3,547 count1988: 3,947 count1989: 3,772 count1990: 4,334 count1991: 4,638 count1992: 3,965 count1993: 4,017 count1994: 3,744 count1995: 3,643 count1996: 3,437 count1997: 3,292 count1998: 3,084 count1999: 2,840 count2000: 3,121 count2001: 3,278 count2002: 3,051 count2003: 3,074 count2004: 2,673 count2005: 2,710 count2006: 2,460 count2007: 2,424 count2008: 2,656 count2009: 2,678 count2010: 2,709 count2011: 2,586 count2012: 2,657 count2013: 2,710 count2014: 2,320 count2015: 2,565 count2016: 2,529 count2017: 2,474 count2018: 2,326 count2019: 2,357 count2020: 2,440 count2021: 2,199 count2022: 1,897 count2023: 1,848 count2024: 1,722 count2025: 1,606 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
20251,606
20241,722
20231,848
20221,897
20212,199
20202,440
20192,357
20182,326
20172,474
20162,529
20152,565
20142,320
20132,710
20122,657
20112,586
20102,709
20092,678
20082,656
20072,424
20062,460
20052,710
20042,673
20033,074
20023,051
20013,278
20003,121
19992,840
19983,084
19973,292
19963,437
19953,643
19943,744
19934,017
19923,965
19914,638
19904,334
19893,772
19883,947
19873,547
19863,271
19853,355
19843,220
19833,392
19823,849
19814,205
19803,864
19793,485

Compared with United States

Place2025
Rhode Island1,606
United States1,119,768

Rhode Island compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
  • Under 4,000
  • 4,000 to 7,000
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  • 22K to 33K
  • 33K and over
Violent crimes, 2025, count. Rhode Island is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, Rhode Island, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Rhode Island, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/rhode-island. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, Rhode Island, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/rhode-island.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Rhode Island, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/rhode-island (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, Rhode Island, 1979 to 2025}},
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What is the violent crimes in Rhode Island?

Violent crimes in Rhode Island was 1,606 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 6.7% from 2024. That is the 48th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in Rhode Island?

4,638 in 1991, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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