Safety · Lincoln
Lincoln, RI crime & safety
Lincoln's reported crime rate is close to Rhode Island's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 23 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Lincoln compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Lincoln at a glance
Violent crime
1
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 1.5
Property crime
10.4
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 9.2
Incidents reported
270
23 violent · 247 property
Since 2022
0%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
LincolnRhode Island
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Lincoln property | Rhode Island property | Lincoln violent | Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.4 | 13 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 1 | 1.5 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
207
Burglary
10
Vehicle theft
30
Aggravated assault
9
Robbery
5
Rape
9
Homicide
0
Arson
2
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Lincoln safe
Local public safety
👮 Lincoln 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
Lincoln 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 1 | 10.4 | 2025 |
| North Smithfield | 0.5 | 10.5 | 2025 |
| Cumberland | 0.5 | 3.9 | 2025 |
| Smithfield | 0.6 | 7.9 | 2025 |
| Central Falls | 2.7 | 7.8 | 2025 |
| North Providence | 1 | 6.3 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Valley Falls, Cumberland Hill.
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 23,700, 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.