The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Valley Falls, RI
Valley Falls is an unincorporated community of 12,200 in Providence County, about 7 miles north of downtown Providence · Updated November 2026
Is Valley Falls, RI safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Valley Falls is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Valley Falls sits near the middle: 58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 873 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Valley Falls as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Valley Falls scores 873.
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 Valley Falls, RI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Valley Falls, 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 Valley Falls
Thefts are uncommon. Valley Falls has thefts at less than half the US rate: 5.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Valley Falls
Every part of Valley Falls where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Valley Falls run from A+ to A-; 68% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Valley Falls, the north side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Valley Falls?
Reported property crime in Valley Falls has fallen 26% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 7.2 to 5.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 12%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Valley FallsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Valley Falls. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Valley Falls
Property, US
2016
+34%
+15%
2017
+8%
+12%
2018
+21%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-17%
-8%
2021
-36%
-10%
2022
-23%
-6%
2023
-34%
-7%
2024
-26%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Valley Falls
CrimeGrade™ estimates Valley Falls has about 17 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 54% less than the US as a whole and 26% less than Rhode Island.
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 Valley Falls, about 33% 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.
How Valley Falls compares with nearby cities
Valley Falls has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Cumberland and Cumberland Hill have the least crime nearby.
Jobs, parking lots and walkability in Valley Falls
Two things set Valley Falls apart: it has 14 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 0.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.14 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 93% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 87% 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 and assault. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.23% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 61% 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 crime costs Valley Falls
Crime costs Valley Falls about $418 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 65% 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 $4.9 million a year, or $399 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$140,000
$11
Rape
$190,000
$16
Robbery
$7,200
$1
Assault
$690,000
$57
Burglary
$81,000
$7
Theft
$340,000
$28
Vehicle theft
$200,000
$16
Arson
$26,000
$2
Vandalism
$340,000
$28
Total
$2.0 million
$165
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 Valley Falls 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. Valley Falls 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.
Schools in Valley Falls, RI average a SchoolGrade of A-: 42% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Valley Falls on SchoolGrade
