Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0North Kingstown has less violent crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, 5 record less crime per resident. Even so, the Safety Grade comes out at A−, drawn from crimes North Kingstown’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #18 of 36 graded towns in Rhode Island. The yearly rates were 0.6 violent crime and 6.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 1.5 and 10.1 in the rest of Rhode Island. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025.
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 North Kingstown
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Rhode Island towns on North Kingstown’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Portsmouth (A), Jamestown (A), South Kingstown (A), Narragansett (A), East Greenwich (A−), Warwick (B). Exeter has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Rhode Island towns, closer to the middle
Rhode Island’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so North Kingstown’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 50% of the 36 Rhode Island towns we grade, against 78% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
North Kingstown has 20,540 jobs based in town for 27,885 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Kingstown’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 | North Kingstown | Rest of Rhode Island | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Kingstown’s police reported 53 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 North Kingstown 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 about 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 | North Kingstown property | Rest of Rhode Island property | North Kingstown violent | Rest of Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.0 | 12.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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.
174 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.
15 violent and 159 property, as reported to the FBI by North Kingstown’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on North Kingstown’s roads in 2019–2023
North Kingstown had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died.
That is about what is typical for Rhode Island towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of North Kingstown’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Kingstown’s own rate (5.7) 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.
North Kingstown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Kingstown | A− | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| Warwick | B | 0.8 | 10.9 |
| East Greenwich | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Exeter | — | — | — |
| Jamestown | A | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| Portsmouth | A | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| South Kingstown | A | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| Narragansett | A | 0.6 | 3.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Exeter has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Rhode Island towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Kingstown | A− | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| Westerly | B+ | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| West Warwick | B | 1.9 | 6.0 |
| Lincoln | B | 0.8 | 10.4 |
| Johnston | B | 1.2 | 10.1 |
| Newport | C+ | 1.9 | 14.5 |
The five graded Rhode Island towns closest to North Kingstown’s population (27,885), 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 North Kingstown. 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 North Kingstown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,950 in 2025); our figure for North Kingstown is 27,885 (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 North Kingstown
Is North Kingstown, RI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Kingstown reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #18 of 36 in Rhode Island. Its police reported 0.6 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 North Kingstown?
0.6 violent and 6.4 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.
How many homicides were there in North Kingstown in 2025?
North Kingstown’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is North Kingstown safer than Warwick?
Warwick reports more crime per resident than North Kingstown: Warwick grades B for safety and North Kingstown A−. Warwick’s police reported 0.8 violent and 10.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Kingstown?
North Kingstown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Kingstown”. 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.