What is the crime rate in Newport, RI?

In 2025, the Newport Police Department reported 47 violent crimes and 323 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 194 violent and 1,330 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,287 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: 194
Property per 100,000: 1,330
Violent crimes: 47
Property crimes: 323

Crime reported by the Newport 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	52	212	378	1,540	24,553
2024	44	176	376	1,507	24,957
2025	47	194	323	1,330	24,287

Violent crimes reported went from 52 in 2023 to 47 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 378 in 2023 to 323 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.

Newport against Rhode Island and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Newport	194	1,330
Newport County	113	741
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 Newport, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Newport	—	194	1,330
Middletown	3.6 mi	109	650
Jamestown	4.0 mi	0	238
Little Compton	8.2 mi	28	651
Portsmouth	8.2 mi	41	313
North Kingstown	9.4 mi	54	583
Narragansett	10 mi	14	376
Tiverton	11 mi	133	594
South Kingstown	13 mi	37	374

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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