Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Woonsocket reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Woonsocket’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety.
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 Woonsocket
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Rhode Island towns on Woonsocket’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Cumberland (A), North Smithfield (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Rhode Island towns, lower
Rhode Island’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Woonsocket’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 0% of the 36 Rhode Island towns we grade, against 26% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Woonsocket’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (15.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Rhode Island.
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| Year | Woonsocket property | Rest of Rhode Island property | Woonsocket violent | Rest of Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.9 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 15.0 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 15 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Woonsocket’s police reported 521 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.4 in the rest of Rhode Island and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Woonsocket | Rest of Rhode Island | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
820 crimes reported in 2025
164 violent and 656 property, as reported to the FBI by Woonsocket’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Woonsocket’s roads in 2019–2023
Woonsocket had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is 5.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Rhode Island towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.6, 12 towns).
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.
Woonsocket and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woonsocket | C | 4.0 | 15.1 |
| North Smithfield | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Cumberland | A | 0.5 | 4.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Rhode Island towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woonsocket | C | 4.0 | 15.1 |
| South Kingstown | A | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| North Providence | B+ | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| Coventry | B+ | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| West Warwick | B | 1.9 | 6.0 |
| Johnston | B | 1.2 | 10.1 |
The five graded Rhode Island towns closest to Woonsocket’s population (44,580), 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 Woonsocket. 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 Woonsocket’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,779 in 2025); our figure for Woonsocket is 44,580 (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 Woonsocket
Is Woonsocket, RI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Woonsocket reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade. Its police reported 4.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.4 in the rest of Rhode Island and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Woonsocket?
4.0 violent and 15.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Rhode Island reports 1.4 and 9.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Woonsocket?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Woonsocket in 2025?
Woonsocket’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Woonsocket safer than North Smithfield?
North Smithfield reports less crime per resident than Woonsocket: North Smithfield grades B for safety and Woonsocket C. North Smithfield’s police reported 0.6 violent and 11.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Woonsocket?
Woonsocket’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woonsocket”. 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.