Crime & Safety
How Much Violent Crime Happened in Woonsocket
The FBI has released the 2014 Unified Crime Report which features statistics for crime in Woonsocket.

The FBI recently released its annual ”Crime in the United States” report, which includes information about Woonsocket.
According to the report, Woonsocket saw 219 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 27 reported rapes, forty-eight robberies, and 144 aggravated assaults in Woonsocket.
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Other crime stats for Woonsocket include 660 larcenies, 310 burglaries, eighty-seven motor vehicle thefts, and twenty-two cases of arson.
Nationally, violent crime decreased nationally last year by 0.2 percent from 2013, according to the report.
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