What is the crime rate in Pawtucket, RI?

In 2025, the Pawtucket Police Department reported 173 violent crimes and 958 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 224 violent and 1,240 property crimes per 100,000 of the 77,252 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: 224
Property per 100,000: 1,240
Violent crimes: 173
Property crimes: 958

Crime reported by the Pawtucket 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	225	300	1,272	1,694	75,100
2024	234	306	1,163	1,522	76,400
2025	173	224	958	1,240	77,252

Violent crimes reported went from 225 in 2023 to 173 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,272 in 2023 to 958 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.

Pawtucket against Rhode Island and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Pawtucket	224	1,240
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 Pawtucket, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Pawtucket	—	224	1,240
Central Falls	1.5 mi	273	787
Seekonk	3.7 mi	169	1,459
Providence	4.3 mi	287	1,575
North Providence	4.4 mi	97	636
Lincoln	4.8 mi	105	1,049
East Providence	5.2 mi	74	686
Attleboro	5.6 mi	257	953
Cumberland	6.8 mi	45	408

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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