What is the crime rate in Johnston, RI?

In 2025, the Johnston Police Department reported 39 violent crimes and 251 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 128 violent and 822 property crimes per 100,000 of the 30,522 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: 128
Property per 100,000: 822
Violent crimes: 39
Property crimes: 251

Crime reported by the Johnston 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	35	118	370	1,251	29,584
2024	37	123	297	984	30,172
2025	39	128	251	822	30,522

Violent crimes reported went from 35 in 2023 to 39 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 370 in 2023 to 251 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.

Johnston against Rhode Island and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Johnston	128	822
Providence County	188	1,091
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 Johnston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Johnston	—	128	822
North Providence	4.0 mi	97	636
Cranston	4.4 mi	89	890
Smithfield	5.1 mi	62	801
Providence	5.2 mi	287	1,575
Scituate	5.9 mi	46	111
Lincoln	7.1 mi	105	1,049
Central Falls	7.8 mi	273	787
Pawtucket	8.2 mi	224	1,240

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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