West Warwick is a town of 31,100 in Kent County, about 10 miles southwest of downtown Providence · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in West Warwick?
West Warwick earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Theft makes up 38% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 865 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than West Warwick as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West Warwick scores 865.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in West Warwick, RI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West Warwick, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in West Warwick
One part of West Warwick stands out for theft. Thefts in Arctic, in west West Warwick, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In West Warwick, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.95 car thefts and 0.91 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in West Warwick
Most of West Warwick grades well for property crime: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across West Warwick run from A+ to C+.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1River Point, eastClose to the rest of West Warwick on most crimes.A878
2Centerville, centralActs of vandalism run about 80% higher here than in the rest of West Warwick.A-801
3Arctic, westActs of vandalism run about 60% higher here than in the rest of West Warwick.B+750
Neighborhood areas of West Warwick, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in West Warwick?
Reported property crime in West Warwick has fallen 31% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 8.2 to 5.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 28%.
Property crime, change since 2019
West WarwickUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves West Warwick. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, West Warwick
Property, US
2016
+39%
+15%
2017
+34%
+12%
2018
+28%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-13%
-8%
2021
-19%
-10%
2022
-16%
-6%
2023
-5%
-7%
2024
-31%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in West Warwick
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Warwick has about 10 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% less than the US as a whole and 34% less than Rhode Island.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Vandalism is the most common property crime in West Warwick, about 41% of the total, followed by theft and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in West Warwick
West Warwick has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In West Warwick, 77% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 52% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (77%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in West Warwick and nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to West Warwick, 6 have less property crime. Hope and West Greenwich have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from West Warwick. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, West Warwick is safer than 65% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set West Warwick apart: it has 25 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 1.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.25 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.27% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 65% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for West Warwick: D (16 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 54% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs West Warwick
Property crime costs West Warwick about $2.4 million a year, or $76 per resident and about $174 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$260,000
$8
Theft
$620,000
$20
Vehicle theft
$450,000
$15
Arson
$110,000
$4
Vandalism
$920,000
$29
Total
$2.4 million
$76
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. West Warwick is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
