Crime in West Warwick, Rhode Island
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in West Warwick at 64% below the U.S. rate per resident: 52% lower for persons crimes and 66% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 4.9% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving West Warwick 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 6.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.5 violent, 4.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, West Warwick is lower than 38% of the 34 other Rhode Island places and 76% 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 West Warwick's 20 census block groups for 31,609 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 West Warwick.
- 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 West Warwick
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 26 and 48.
- 0–5075.4%
- 50–10024.6%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 23% above 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 4.9% 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.
West Warwick against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
902 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above West Warwick's, and 128 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
West Warwick's major-crime index is higher than 3 and lower than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Coventry (4 mi), is 33% above West Warwick's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in West Warwick
Is West Warwick safe?
West Warwick's major-crime index is 36, 64% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 38% of the 34 other Rhode Island places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 52% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 66% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in West Warwick?
The model expects about 198 major crimes a year in West Warwick, about 6.3 per 1,000 residents, 64% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in West Warwick?
Expected major crimes in West Warwick are down 4.9% from a year earlier; across Rhode Island they're down 9.5%.
What are the most common crimes in West Warwick?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 79 a year), aggravated assault (about 32 a year) and burglary (about 21 a year).
Are car break-ins common in West Warwick?
The model expects about 14 thefts from vehicles a year in West Warwick, 83% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in West Warwick?
The model expects about 20 motor vehicle thefts a year in West Warwick, 61% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is West Warwick safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 27 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 47 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 West Warwick higher than the Rhode Island average?
West Warwick's major-crime index is 36, 35% 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 West Warwick compare with Coventry?
Coventry, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 49, 33% above West Warwick's rate per resident. West Warwick's is 36.
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. West Warwick's figures add up its 20 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- West Warwick'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: 31,609. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in West Warwick, Rhode Island." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ri/west-warwick
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