Arson in Rhode Island
Rhode Island had 7.8 reported arson offenses per 100,000 people in 2025 (US: 9.9), ranking 31 of 47. The rate was up 3.6% from 2024, down 4.6% from 2019, down 51.9% from 2015.
Willful or malicious burning of property. Fewer agencies report arson, so arson figures are less complete than other property crimes.
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Reported arson per 100,000 people
Year by year
| Year | Rhode Island per 100,000 | US per 100,000 | Offenses reported | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 86 | 45.3% |
| 2024 | 7.6 | 11.1 | 84 | 42.9% |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 11.7 | 84 | 33.3% |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 12.5 | 85 | 35.3% |
| 2021 | 8.7 | 11.7 | 95 | 29.5% |
| 2020 | 11.3 | 14.4 | 119 | 26.1% |
| 2019 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 87 | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 82 | 15.9% |
| 2017 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 130 | 19.2% |
| 2016 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 140 | 27.1% |
| 2015 | 16.3 | 14.0 | 172 | 20.9% |
Rows in italics: fewer than 80% of the population was covered by agencies reporting that year, mostly during the 2021 switch to the FBI's new incident-based system (NIBRS). Rates for those years are less reliable and we do not use them for comparisons. We also skip comparisons between years whose coverage differs by more than 10 points, because a different set of agencies was reporting.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, summarized reported offenses and clearances (monthly), retrieved through the CDE data service
- FBI, Uniform Crime Reporting Program: offense definitions and data participation
- FBI, National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) transition
Data refreshed by the FBI on 15 October 2026. Checked 29 October 2026. Figures are offenses reported to police and submitted to the FBI, not estimates of all crime.