Knightsville is a neighborhood of 3,710 residents in Cranston, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Knightsville in Cranston safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Knightsville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Knightsville sits near the middle: 51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. Cranston as a whole grades A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 843 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Knightsville as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Knightsville scores 843.
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 Knightsville, Cranston, RI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Knightsville in Cranston, 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 in Knightsville
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Cranston as a whole, 62% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Knightsville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Knightsville has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% less than the US as a whole and close to Cranston 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Knightsville, about 46% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Cranston
The Cranston Police Department polices Knightsville; these figures cover Cranston as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Cranston as a whole, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 50% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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 Knightsville compares with nearby neighborhoods
Knightsville has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Knightsville apart: it has 1.6 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 15.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.15.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 81% 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+ (43 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% 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.19% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 77% 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 Knightsville
Crime costs Knightsville about $531 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 56% 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 $1.9 million a year, or $505 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 Knightsville 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 Knightsville, Cranston, RI average a SchoolGrade of D+: 27% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Knightsville on SchoolGrade
