Old Congregational Church · Photo: Swampyank at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Scituate reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Scituate’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A+ for safety: #3 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 Scituate
1 of the 5 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Rhode Island towns on Scituate’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Glocester (A+), Foster (A), Coventry (B+), Cranston (B), Johnston (B). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Scituate’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Scituate’s police reported 17 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.
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| Year | Scituate | Rest of Rhode Island | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 1 property crime reported
And about 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 | Scituate property | Rest of Rhode Island property | Scituate violent | Rest of Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 12.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
17 crimes reported in 2025
5 violent and 12 property, as reported to the FBI by Scituate’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Five people died in crashes on Scituate’s roads in 2019–2023
Scituate had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five 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 Scituate’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Scituate’s own rate (9.5) 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.
Scituate and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Rhode Island towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scituate | A+ | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Richmond | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Hopkinton | A | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Narragansett | A | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Warren | B | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| North Smithfield | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
The five graded Rhode Island towns closest to Scituate’s population (10,767), by grade.
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 Scituate. 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 Scituate’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,816 in 2025); our figure for Scituate is 10,767 (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 Scituate
Is Scituate, RI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Scituate reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #3 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 Scituate?
0.5 violent and 1.5 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 Scituate?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Scituate safer than Foster?
Foster reports more crime per resident than Scituate: Foster grades A for safety and Scituate A+. Foster’s police reported 0.6 violent and 2.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Scituate?
Scituate’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Scituate”. 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.