Photo: The original uploader was Swampyank at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Little Compton sees less violent crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
The local count comes to 0.4 violent crime and 5.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 1.5 and 10.0 in the rest of Rhode Island. Overall, it grades A for safety (#13 of 36 graded towns in Rhode Island). On top of that, among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 Little Compton
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Rhode Island towns on Little Compton’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Portsmouth (A), Tiverton (A−). Neighbors ↓
Among Rhode Island towns, closer to the middle
Rhode Island’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Little Compton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 64% of the 36 Rhode Island towns we grade, against 86% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Little Compton’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Little Compton | Rest of Rhode Island | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Little Compton’s police reported 4 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 Little Compton 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Little Compton property | Rest of Rhode Island property | Little Compton violent | Rest of Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 6.1 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Rhode Island.
24 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.
1 violent and 23 property, as reported to the FBI by Little Compton’s police.
No one died in a crash on Little Compton’s roads in 2019–2023
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.
Little Compton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Compton | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Tiverton | A− | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| Portsmouth | A | 0.5 | 3.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Rhode Island towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Compton | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Foster | A | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| West Greenwich | A | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| Jamestown | A | 0.5 | 3.1 |
The five graded Rhode Island towns closest to Little Compton’s population (3,535), 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 Little Compton. 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 Little Compton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,532 in 2025); our figure for Little Compton is 3,535 (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 Little Compton
Is Little Compton, RI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Little Compton reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #13 of 36 in Rhode Island. Its police reported 0.4 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 Little Compton?
0.4 violent and 5.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Rhode Island reports 1.5 and 10.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Little Compton safer than Tiverton?
Tiverton reports more crime per resident than Little Compton: Tiverton grades A− for safety and Little Compton A. Tiverton’s police reported 0.9 violent and 6.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Little Compton?
Little Compton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Little Compton”. 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.