Safety · Cranston
Cranston, RI crime & safety
Cranston's reported crime rate is close to Rhode Island's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 75 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Cranston compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Cranston at a glance
Violent crime
0.9
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 1.5
Property crime
8.8
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 9.2
Incidents reported
819
75 violent · 744 property
Since 2022
▼ 24%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
CranstonRhode Island
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Cranston property | Rhode Island property | Cranston violent | Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.6 | 13 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
599
Burglary
77
Vehicle theft
68
Aggravated assault
40
Robbery
14
Rape
20
Homicide
1
Arson
11
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Cranston safe
Local public safety
👮 Cranston Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
Cranston and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranston | 0.9 | 8.8 | 2025 |
| Warwick | 0.9 | 9 | 2025 |
| Johnston | 1.3 | 8.1 | 2025 |
| Providence | 2.9 | 15.7 | 2025 |
| Scituate | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2025 |
| Coventry | 0.7 | 8.6 | 2025 |
| West Warwick | 1.6 | 4.5 | 2025 |
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 84,700, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: 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. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.