Crime in Barrington, Rhode Island
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Barrington at 72% below the U.S. rate per resident: 86% lower for persons crimes and 69% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Barrington. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 4.8 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 4.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Barrington is lower than 68% of the 34 other Rhode Island places and 87% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Barrington's 13 census block groups for 16,929 residents. How Rhode Island residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 99.3%, summary counts only for 0.1% and no reporting agency of their own for 0.6% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Barrington.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Barrington
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 18 and 28.
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- 50–1000.0%
- 100–2004.3%
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Every crime type in Barrington is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across Rhode Island it fell 9.5%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Rhode Island in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Barrington against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,149 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Barrington's, and 197 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Barrington has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Warren (3 mi), is 42% above Barrington's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Barrington
Is Barrington safe?
Barrington's major-crime index is 28, 72% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 68% of the 34 other Rhode Island places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 86% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 69% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Barrington?
The model expects about 82 major crimes a year in Barrington, about 4.8 per 1,000 residents, 72% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Barrington?
Expected major crimes in Barrington are down 7.7% from a year earlier; across Rhode Island they're down 9.5%.
What are the most common crimes in Barrington?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 41 a year), theft from vehicle (about 17 a year) and burglary (about 7 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Barrington?
The model expects about 17 thefts from vehicles a year in Barrington, 61% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Barrington?
The model expects about 3 motor vehicle thefts a year in Barrington, 89% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Barrington safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 18 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 39 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Barrington higher than the Rhode Island average?
Barrington's major-crime index is 28, 50% below the Rhode Island rate per resident. Rhode Island as a whole is 56, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Barrington compare with Warren?
Warren, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 40, 42% above Barrington's rate per resident. Barrington's is 28.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Barrington's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Barrington has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 16,929. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Barrington, Rhode Island." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ri/barrington
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