Crime in Johnston, Rhode Island
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Johnston at 51% below the U.S. rate per resident: 64% lower for persons crimes and 48% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.1% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Johnston. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 8.4 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.1 violent, 7.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Johnston is higher than 65% of the 34 other Rhode Island places and lower than 61% 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 Johnston's 17 census block groups for 30,798 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 Johnston.
- 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 Johnston
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 30 and 62.
- 0–5072.2%
- 50–10021.2%
- 100–2006.7%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Johnston 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 10.1% 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.
Johnston against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
724 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Johnston's, and 172 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Johnston's major-crime index is higher than 2, lower than 4 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, North Providence (3 mi), is 25% below Johnston's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Johnston
Is Johnston safe?
Johnston's major-crime index is 49, 51% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 65% of the 34 other Rhode Island places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 64% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 48% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Johnston?
The model expects about 258 major crimes a year in Johnston, about 8.4 per 1,000 residents, 51% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Johnston?
Expected major crimes in Johnston are down 10.1% from a year earlier; across Rhode Island they're down 9.5%.
What are the most common crimes in Johnston?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 76 a year), shoplifting (about 44 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 38 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Johnston?
The model expects about 38 thefts from vehicles a year in Johnston, 54% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Johnston?
The model expects about 30 motor vehicle thefts a year in Johnston, 39% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Johnston safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 30 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 68 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 Johnston higher than the Rhode Island average?
Johnston's major-crime index is 49, 13% 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 Johnston compare with North Providence?
North Providence, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 37, 25% below Johnston's rate per resident. Johnston's is 49.
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. Johnston's figures add up its 17 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Johnston 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: 30,798. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Johnston, Rhode Island." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ri/johnston
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