Crime in Town of Westerly, Rhode Island
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Town of Westerly at 60% below the U.S. rate per resident: 83% lower for persons crimes and 55% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Town of Westerly. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 6.9 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 6.4 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Town of Westerly is lower than 35% of the 34 other Rhode Island places and 71% 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 Town of Westerly's 15 census block groups for 23,087 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 Town of Westerly.
- 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 Town of Westerly
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 22 and 40.
- 0–5084.8%
- 50–10010.0%
- 100–2002.5%
- 200–4002.7%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Town of Westerly 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 8.1% 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.
Town of Westerly against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,757 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Town of Westerly's, and 320 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Town of Westerly's major-crime index is higher than 2, lower than 2 and within 15% of 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Westerly (1 mi), is about Town of Westerly's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Town of Westerly
Is Town of Westerly safe?
Town of Westerly's major-crime index is 40, 60% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 35% of the 34 other Rhode Island places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 83% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 55% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Town of Westerly?
The model expects about 160 major crimes a year in Town of Westerly, about 6.9 per 1,000 residents, 60% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Town of Westerly?
Expected major crimes in Town of Westerly are down 8.1% from a year earlier; across Rhode Island they're down 9.5%.
What are the most common crimes in Town of Westerly?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 80 a year), shoplifting (about 34 a year) and burglary (about 13 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Town of Westerly?
The model expects about 11 thefts from vehicles a year in Town of Westerly, 82% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Town of Westerly?
The model expects about 9 motor vehicle thefts a year in Town of Westerly, 75% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Town of Westerly safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 22 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 62 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 Town of Westerly higher than the Rhode Island average?
Town of Westerly's major-crime index is 40, 28% 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 Town of Westerly compare with Westerly?
Westerly, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 40, about Town of Westerly's rate per resident. Town of Westerly's is 40.
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. Town of Westerly's figures add up its 15 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Town of Westerly 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: 23,087. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Town of Westerly, Rhode Island." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ri/town-of-westerly
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