Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Middletown, RI Crime Grade
How Middletown grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Rhode Island — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Rhode Island
7/10
vs. Rhode Island cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Middletown, RI was 109.3 per 100,000 residents (18 incidents over a population of 16,474). That puts Middletown 66% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 26% below the Rhode Island statewide rate of 147.8.
That ranks Middletown #1,224 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 68% of them, and #21 of 30 in Rhode Island. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 44% over the last five years.
Middletown, RI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Rhode Island Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 109.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,224 of 3,771
- RI rank
- #21 of 30
- Safer than
- 68% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 44%
- Population
- 16,474
- Reporting agency
- Middletown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Middletown Police Department (FBI ORI RI0030200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Middletown, RI
History
Middletown was created from the Northern part of Newport and incorporated in 1743; named for its location in the middle of the island.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Middletown (red), Rhode Island (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Middletown vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 195.9(32) | 136.1(23) | 83.6(14) | 125.9(21) | 109.3(18) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 36.7(6) | 65.1(11) | 35.8(6) | 30.0(5) | 24.3(4) |
| Robbery | 6.1(1) | 5.9(1) | 6.0(1) | 12.0(2) | 12.1(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 153.0(25) | 65.1(11) | 41.8(7) | 83.9(14) | 72.8(12) |
| Property crime | 587.6(96) | 704.2(119) | 698.5(117) | 803.4(134) | 649.5(107) |
| Burglary | 61.2(10) | 65.1(11) | 35.8(6) | 77.9(13) | 42.5(7) |
| Larceny | 483.5(79) | 615.5(104) | 620.9(104) | 659.5(110) | 528.1(87) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 42.8(7) | 23.7(4) | 35.8(6) | 60.0(10) | 78.9(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Middletown, RI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Middletown Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Middletown calculated?
- Middletown's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Rhode Island state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Rhode Island cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Middletown Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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