Safety · North Kingstown
North Kingstown, RI crime & safety
North Kingstown's reported crime rate is below Rhode Island's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 15 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how North Kingstown compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
North Kingstown at a glance
Violent crime
0.5
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 1.5
Property crime
5.7
per 1,000 residents · Rhode Island 9.2
Incidents reported
174
15 violent · 159 property
Since 2022
▼ 5%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
North KingstownRhode Island
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | North Kingstown property | Rhode Island property | North Kingstown violent | Rhode Island violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 13 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 11.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 10.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
137
Burglary
12
Vehicle theft
10
Aggravated assault
10
Robbery
0
Rape
5
Homicide
0
Arson
4
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps North Kingstown safe
Local public safety
👮 North Kingstown 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
North Kingstown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Kingstown | 0.5 | 5.7 | 2025 |
| Warwick | 0.9 | 9 | 2025 |
| East Greenwich | 0.5 | 4.2 | 2025 |
| Jamestown | 0 | 2.4 | 2025 |
| Portsmouth | 0.4 | 3 | 2025 |
| South Kingstown | 0.3 | 3.7 | 2025 |
| Narragansett | 0.1 | 3.8 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Exeter.
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 28,000, 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.