The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in West Warwick, RI
West Warwick is a town of 31,100 in Kent County, about 10 miles southwest of downtown Providence · Updated November 2026
Is West Warwick, RI safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in West Warwick is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so West Warwick sits near the middle: 52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within West Warwick run from A+ to B, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 847 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than West Warwick as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West Warwick scores 847.
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 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 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.
Reported rape is the exception. West Warwick grades A- for violent crime, but reported rape grades C, worse than in the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in West Warwick
Every part of West Warwick where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across West Warwick run from A+ to B; 74% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1River Point, eastClose to the rest of West Warwick on most crimes.A850
2Centerville, centralActs of vandalism run about 80% higher here than in the rest of West Warwick.A-787
3Arctic, westSimple assaults run about 90% higher here than in the rest of West Warwick.B+753
Neighborhood areas of West Warwick, ranked by overall 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 crime going up in West Warwick?
Since 2019, reported property crime in West Warwick is down 31%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 8.2 to 5.7 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 28%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, West Warwick
Violent, US
Property, West Warwick
Property, US
2016
+11%
+4%
+39%
+15%
2017
+22%
+4%
+34%
+12%
2018
+20%
+0%
+28%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
-16%
-6%
2023
+17%
+2%
-5%
-7%
2024
+8%
-4%
-31%
-15%
Crime rates and types in West Warwick
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Warwick has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 West Warwick, 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
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)
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 West Warwick compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to West Warwick, 7 have less crime. West Greenwich and Hope have the least.
Two things 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 robbery, and theft runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.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 and assault. 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 robbery and 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 and robbery. 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 crime costs West Warwick
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs West Warwick about $520 a year per household, 57% 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 $20 million a year, or $649 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$390,000
$12
Rape
$1.2 million
$38
Robbery
$140,000
$4
Assault
$3.0 million
$96
Burglary
$260,000
$8
Theft
$620,000
$20
Vehicle theft
$450,000
$15
Arson
$110,000
$4
Vandalism
$920,000
$29
Total
$7.0 million
$226
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 West Warwick 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. 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.
Schools in West Warwick, RI average a SchoolGrade of B-: 34% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in West Warwick on SchoolGrade
