FBI arson data · 2024
Rhode Island Arson
84 arson offenses were reported by 64 Rhode Island law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.2% of the national total. The most was reported by Woonsocket Police Department (16).
Rhode Island agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woonsocket Police Department | City | Providence County | 16 |
| Cranston Police Department | City | Providence County | 11 |
| Warwick Police Department | City | Kent County | 7 |
| West Warwick Police Department | City | Kent County | 6 |
| Coventry Police Department | City | Kent County | 5 |
| Pawtucket Police Department | City | Providence County | 5 |
| Central Falls Police Department | City | Providence County | 3 |
| Cumberland Police Department | City | Providence County | 3 |
| North Providence Police Department | City | Providence County | 3 |
| University of Rhode Island | University or College | Washington County | 3 |
| Newport Police Department | City | Newport County | 2 |
| East Providence Police Department | City | Providence County | 2 |
| Smithfield Police Department | City | Providence County | 2 |
| Burrillville Police Department | City | Providence County | 2 |
| North Kingstown Police Department | City | Washington County | 2 |
| Warren Police Department | City | Bristol County | 1 |
| Middletown Police Department | City | Newport County | 1 |
| Portsmouth Police Department | City | Newport County | 1 |
| Johnston Police Department | City | Providence County | 1 |
| Providence Police Department | City | Providence County | 1 |
| Foster Police Department | City | Providence County | 1 |
| Glocester Police Department | City | Providence County | 1 |
| North Smithfield Police Department | City | Providence County | 1 |
| Narragansett Police Department | City | Washington County | 1 |
| South Kingstown Police Department | City | Washington County | 1 |
Rhode Island arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Rhode Island arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Rhode Island in 2024?+
84 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 64 Rhode Island law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 27 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Rhode Island?+
Woonsocket Police Department, with 16 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Providence County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Rhode Island?+
Rhode Island's 84 reported arsons were 0.2% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.