Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Burrillville records less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 54% from 2023 to 2025. Graded on crimes Burrillville’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #4 of 36 graded towns in Rhode Island. For every 1,000 residents, 0.5 violent crime and 2.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Rhode Island, the figures are 1.5 and 10.1.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of RI” is every other Rhode Island city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Burrillville
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Rhode Island towns on Burrillville’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Glocester (A+), North Smithfield (B). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Burrillville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Burrillville property | Rest of Rhode Island property | Burrillville violent | Rest of Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.4 | 12.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Rhode Island.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Burrillville | Rest of Rhode Island | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Burrillville’s police reported 23 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.5 in the rest of Rhode Island and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Burrillville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
26 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
2 violent and 24 property, as reported to the FBI by Burrillville’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Burrillville’s roads in 2019–2023
Burrillville had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is about what is typical for Rhode Island towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Burrillville’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Burrillville’s own rate (7.3) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Burrillville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrillville | A | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| Glocester | A+ | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| North Smithfield | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Rhode Island towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrillville | A | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| Portsmouth | A | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Barrington | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| East Greenwich | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Tiverton | A− | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| Middletown | B+ | 1.0 | 7.1 |
The five graded Rhode Island towns closest to Burrillville’s population (16,927), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Burrillville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Burrillville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,937 in 2025); our figure for Burrillville is 16,927 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Burrillville
Is Burrillville, RI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Burrillville reports less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #4 of 36 in Rhode Island. Its police reported 0.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.5 in the rest of Rhode Island and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Burrillville?
0.5 violent and 2.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Rhode Island reports 1.5 and 10.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Burrillville safer than Glocester?
Glocester reports less crime per resident than Burrillville: Glocester grades A+ for safety and Burrillville A. Glocester’s police reported 0.4 violent and 1.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Burrillville?
Burrillville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Burrillville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.