RI’s Most Violent Cities and Towns: New FBI Crime Data

Posted by Wayne G. Barber
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its 2014 crime statistics this week, estimating the number of violent crimes in the country had dropped by 0.2 percent from 2013 to 2014 -- and reported that in Providence, murders went up from 12 in 2013 to 18 in 2014, while all other categories of the violent crime classification went down in the state's capital city over the previous year.

Nationally, there were an estimated 1,165,383 violent crimes in 2014, which include murder and non-negligent homicides, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults.
In Providence, forcible rapes reported declined from 2013 to 2014 from 97 to 90: for robberty the number dropped from 365 to 289, and aggravated assaults fell from 641 to 530.
Source: GoLocalProv News Team and Kate Nagle

#2 Woonsocket

Violent Crime Per 1000 residents: 5.32
2014 Violent Crimes: 219
2014 Population: 41,140
Murder: 0
Forcible Rape: 27
Robbery: 48
Aggravated Assaults: 144

#6 Foster

Violent Crime Per 1000 residents: 2.34
2014 Violent Crimes: 11
2014 Population: 4,684
Murder: 0
Forcible Rape: 4
Robbery: 0
Aggravated Assaults: 7

#19 Burrillville

Violent Crime Per 1000 residents: 0.86
2014 Violent Crimes: 14
2014 Population: 16,198
Murder: 0
Forcible Rape: 2
Robbery: 0
Aggravated Assaults: 12

#29 Glocester

Violent Crime Per 1000 residents: 0.40
2014 Violent Crimes: 4
2014 Population: 9,916
Murder: 0
Forcible Rape: 0
Robbery: 0
Aggravated Assaults: 4

#37 North Smithfield

Violent Crime Per 1000 residents: 0.24
2014 Violent Crimes: 3
2014 Population: 12,276
Murder: 0
Forcible Rape: 0
Robbery: 0
Aggravated Assaults: 3