Crime & Safety

How Much Violent Crime Happened in Cranston

The FBI has released the 2014 Unified Crime Report which features statistics for crime in Mansfield.

The FBI recently released its annual ”Crime in the United States” report, which includes information about Cranston.

According to the report, Cranston saw 106 violent crimes in 2014. Violent crime includes offenses involving force or the threat of force: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, according to the FBI.

There were 1 murder, 19 reported rapes, twenty-two robberies, and 64 aggravated assaults.

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Other crime stats for Cranston include 1,227 larcenies, 266 burglaries, 102 vehicle thefts, and four cases of arson.

Nationally, violent crime decreased nationally last year by 0.2 percent from 2013, according to the report.

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