Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Richmond reports less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Richmond’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #4 of 36 graded towns in Rhode Island.
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 Richmond
Richmond reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Rhode Island towns on Richmond’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Hopkinton (A), South Kingstown (A), Charlestown (A−). Exeter has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Richmond’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
Richmond’s police reported 7 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.5 in the rest of Rhode Island and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Richmond | Rest of Rhode Island | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Richmond property | Rest of Rhode Island property | Richmond violent | Rest of Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7 | 12.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
22 crimes reported in 2025
1 violent and 21 property, as reported to the FBI by Richmond’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Nine people died in crashes on Richmond’s roads in 2019–2023
Richmond had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died. Most of these deaths (5 of 9) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than 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 Richmond’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Richmond’s own rate (22.1) 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.
Richmond and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Hopkinton | A | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Charlestown | A− | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| South Kingstown | A | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| Exeter | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Exeter has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Richmond. 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 Richmond’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,151 in 2025); our figure for Richmond is 8,128 (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 Richmond
Is Richmond, RI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Richmond 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 0.3 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 Richmond?
0.3 violent and 2.9 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 crime going up or down in Richmond?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Richmond safer than Hopkinton?
Hopkinton reports more crime per resident than Richmond: Hopkinton grades A for safety and Richmond A. Hopkinton’s police reported 0.5 violent and 2.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Richmond?
Richmond’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Richmond”. 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.