Rhode Island Crime Statistics

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Rhode Island Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 1,076,189, Rhode Island had a total crime index of 231,963 or 1 crime for every 33.67 people.

Of which 8.46% (2,703) were of a violent nature while 91.54% (29,260) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	34
Forced Rape	321
Robbery	776
Aggravated Assault	1,572

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	5,318
Larceny & Theft	19,544
Vehicle Theft	4,398

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#15
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#9

*States are ranked from #1 (best) to #51 (worst) for each of the 50 states, including District of Columbia.

Year	Population	Crimes (total)	Violent Crimes (total)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crimes (total)	Burglary	Theft (larceny)	Theft (vehicle)
2004	1,079,916	33,839	2,673	26	320	731	1,596	31,166	5,465	21,623	4,078
2003	1,076,084	35,305	3,074	25	505	830	1,714	32,231	5,524	22,320	4,387
2002	1,068,326	38,393	3,051	41	395	916	1,699	35,342	6,415	24,051	4,876
2001	1,059,659	39,020	3,278	39	416	986	1,837	35,742	6,824	23,875	5,043
2000	1,048,319	36,444	3,121	45	412	922	1,742	33,323	6,620	22,038	4,665
1999	990,819	35,497	2,840	36	391	788	1,625	32,657	6,341	22,284	4,032
1998	988,000	34,756	3,084	24	351	659	2,050	31,672	6,452	21,391	3,829
1997	987,000	36,069	3,292	25	363	707	2,197	32,777	7,083	21,499	4,195
1996	990,000	39,536	3,437	25	287	824	2,301	36,099	8,135	23,367	4,597
1995	990,000	42,021	3,643	33	267	914	2,429	38,378	9,234	24,780	4,364
1994	997,000	41,067	3,744	41	273	870	2,560	37,323	9,101	23,039	5,183
1993	1,000,000	44,990	4,017	39	286	1,011	2,681	40,973	10,409	24,101	6,463
1992	1,005,000	46,009	3,965	36	311	950	2,668	42,044	10,529	24,052	7,463
1991	1,004,000	50,595	4,638	37	310	1,234	3,057	45,957	11,320	26,664	7,973
1990	1,003,464	53,712	4,334	48	248	1,224	2,814	49,378	12,755	27,046	9,577