Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Warwick, RI Crime Grade
How Warwick 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Rhode Island
6/10
vs. Rhode Island cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Warwick, RI was 87.3 per 100,000 residents (73 incidents over a population of 83,590). That puts Warwick Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 41% below the Rhode Island statewide rate of 147.8.
That ranks Warwick #971 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 74% of them, and #17 of 30 in Rhode Island. Violent crime is up 10% year over year and up 9% over the last five years.
Warwick, RI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Rhode Island Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 87.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #971 of 3,771
- RI rank
- #17 of 30
- Safer than
- 74% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 10%
- 5-year change
- up 9%
- Population
- 83,590
- Reporting agency
- Warwick Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Warwick Police Department (FBI ORI RI0020300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Warwick, RI
Also known as
- Shawomet
History
Named for Earl Warwick, signer of patent of Providence Plantations. It became a city 4/22/1931. (US-T121)
Location
Located in the northeast part of Kent County
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. Warwick (red), Rhode Island (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Warwick 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 | 79.8(67) | 78.3(65) | 70.8(59) | 79.5(67) | 87.3(73) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.4(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 40.5(34) | 25.3(21) | 20.4(17) | 17.8(15) | 26.3(22) |
| Robbery | 4.8(4) | 7.2(6) | 9.6(8) | 9.5(8) | 12.0(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 34.5(29) | 45.8(38) | 40.8(34) | 49.8(42) | 49.0(41) |
| Property crime | 1221.9(1,026) | 1416.2(1,175) | 1236.7(1,031) | 1150.7(970) | 912.8(763) |
| Burglary | 83.4(70) | 101.2(84) | 108.0(90) | 98.5(83) | 65.8(55) |
| Larceny | 1037.3(871) | 1192.1(989) | 1037.6(865) | 962.1(811) | 777.6(650) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 90.5(76) | 113.3(94) | 87.6(73) | 81.9(69) | 57.4(48) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Warwick, 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 Warwick 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 Warwick calculated?
- Warwick'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 Warwick 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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