What is the crime rate in Bristol, RI?

In 2025, the Bristol Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 54 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 46 violent and 247 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,874 residents it serves.

Across Rhode Island the rates were 146 and 922.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 46
Property per 100,000: 247
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 54

Crime reported by the Bristol Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	4	18	55	250	22,024
2024	6	27	48	216	22,262
2025	10	46	54	247	21,874

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 10 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 55 in 2023 to 54 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Bristol against Rhode Island and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bristol	46	247
Bristol County	78	391
Rhode Island	146	922
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Bristol, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bristol	—	46	247
Warren	3.5 mi	208	587
Barrington	4.6 mi	35	448
Portsmouth	5.8 mi	41	313
Swansea	6.5 mi	176	990
Tiverton	6.7 mi	133	594
Somerset	7.1 mi	218	447
Warwick	7.8 mi	87	910
East Providence	9.7 mi	74	686

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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