Arctic is a neighborhood of 4,250 residents in West Warwick, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Arctic in West Warwick safe?
Crime in Arctic is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Arctic. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. West Warwick as a whole grades A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Arctic run from A to B, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 728 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Arctic as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Arctic scores 728.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Arctic, West Warwick, RI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Arctic 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
Crime rates and types in Arctic
CrimeGrade™ estimates Arctic has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% less than the US as a whole and 61% more than West Warwick as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Arctic, about 47% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in West Warwick
The West Warwick Police Department polices Arctic; these figures cover West Warwick as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In West Warwick as a whole, 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)
Aggravated assault
Homes (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Arctic compares with nearby neighborhoods
Arctic has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
One thing sets Arctic apart: it has 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Arctic: D+ (23 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault.C+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.16% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 72% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Arctic
Crime costs Arctic about $788 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 35% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $3.9 million a year, or $919 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Arctic means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
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.
Schools in Arctic, West Warwick, RI average a SchoolGrade of C: 30% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Arctic on SchoolGrade
