Crime in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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The model puts major crime in Narragansett at 76% below the U.S. rate per resident: 84% lower for persons crimes and 74% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Narragansett and from local police incident records. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 4.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 3.7 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Narragansett is lower than 85% of the 34 other Rhode Island places and 91% 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 Narragansett's 13 census block groups for 14,214 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 Narragansett.
- 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 Narragansett
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 15 and 28.
- 0–5086.7%
- 50–10013.3%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Narragansett is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekend daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 8.0% 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.
Narragansett against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,250 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Narragansett's, and 160 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Narragansett has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Narragansett Pier (1 mi), is 1.6 times Narragansett's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Narragansett
Is Narragansett safe?
Narragansett's major-crime index is 24, 76% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 85% of the 34 other Rhode Island places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 84% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 74% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Narragansett?
The model expects about 60 major crimes a year in Narragansett, about 4.2 per 1,000 residents, 76% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Narragansett?
Expected major crimes in Narragansett are down 8.0% from a year earlier; across Rhode Island they're down 9.5%.
What are the most common crimes in Narragansett?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 29 a year), shoplifting (about 12 a year) and burglary (about 5 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Narragansett?
The model expects about 4 thefts from vehicles a year in Narragansett, 89% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Narragansett?
The model expects about 3 motor vehicle thefts a year in Narragansett, 88% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Narragansett safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 14 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 34 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 Narragansett higher than the Rhode Island average?
Narragansett's major-crime index is 24, 57% 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 Narragansett compare with Narragansett Pier?
Narragansett Pier, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 39, 1.6 times Narragansett's rate per resident. Narragansett's is 24.
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. Narragansett's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Narragansett's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 14,214. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Narragansett, Rhode Island." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ri/narragansett
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