Safety · Foster
Foster, RI crime & safety
Foster's reported crime rate is well below Rhode Island's. Most reported incidents are property crimes. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Foster compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Foster at a glance
Violent crime
0.6
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 1.5
Property crime
1.5
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 9.2
Incidents reported
10
3 violent · 7 property
Since 2022
▼ 56%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
FosterRhode Island
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Foster property | Rhode Island property | Foster violent | Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.4 | 13 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 11.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 9.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
2
Burglary
5
Vehicle theft
0
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
1
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Foster safe
Local public safety
👮 Foster 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
Foster and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
No town figures in the FBI's data: Killingly, Sterling.
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 4,600, 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.