The nearest town with a Safety Grade to Watch Hill is Westerly, 2 miles away
Inside a 10-mile circle sit 2 graded neighbors. Watch Hill has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.
The nearest Rhode Island towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westerly | B+ | 2 mi | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| Charlestown | A− | 9 mi | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| Hopkinton | A | 12 mi | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Richmond | A | 15 mi | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| South Kingstown | A | 17 mi | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| Narragansett | A | 20 mi | 0.6 | 3.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Watch Hill. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Watch Hill.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Watch Hill’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.
Watch Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Watch Hill
Is Watch Hill, RI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Watch Hill. The nearest Rhode Island towns with a grade are Westerly (B+, 2 mi), Charlestown (A−, 9 mi), Hopkinton (A, 12 mi).
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.