What Is Happening In RI On The Crime Front? While the levels of crime in your city are not a pleasant topic to discuss, it is vital to know where Rhode Island is standing when it comes to crime. Knowing whether crime is getting out of control or if local authorities have their finger on the pulse of what is happening in our streets, will influence your life. It will tell determine your level of awareness in the streets and it can even impact your financial status as increased levels of crime do impact the value of your property. Thus, for an overview of what is happening on the local crime scene, there can hardly be any better team to ask than the group of leading criminal attorneys in Rhode Island, the experts at John Grasso who spent their days often in the hallways and courtrooms, presenting the legal system. During the past year, 18,601 crimes were reported in Rhode Island. It means that 1,756 crimes per 100,000 residents took place and if we want to break it down even further, it brings us to 1.75 crimes per 100 people. Where does this leave RI? Not in a bad condition at all. While we can never accept any level of crime, the reality is that especially urban areas do tend to have higher levels of crime. However, compared to the national crime statistics, the number is almost double per 100,000 people and of the 50 states in the nation, RI is tenth from the bottom. Now that we can feel somewhat safer in the streets than in most other states in the US, it is also important to consider what are the kind of crimes affecting the lives of the people calling Rhode Island home. Property crime is not only very high up on the list but also far ahead of most other crimes as nearly 87% of all crimes that made it to the desks of the keepers of law and order, are property crimes. Next on this list is larceny. Yet, even when it comes to this crime that can be relatively easy to commit, RI compares quite well with other states and is the 13th lowest of the 50 states and comes in far below the national rate. Burglary is another common problem and here RI is 11th from the bottom of the national list. Translating this ranking into numbers means that for every 100,000 residents, there are 219 reports of a burglary. Motor vehicle theft brings RI 12th from the bottom of the list and a total of 128 motor vehicle theft reports out of every 100,000 people living in RI. Thus, once again, while any level of crime can be seen as too high a level, the state of RI is not doing too bad. Yet, these are all less severe crimes in the sense that none of the above-mentioned crimes ever really takes place intending to hurt, harm, or kill anyone. The crimes which do make people feel unsafe on the streets and in their homes are the more violent crimes. Therefore, this number is especially important to every resident. In this category, RI compares less favorably as the nation's percentage of criminal crimes from the overall reported number of crimes is 15% and for RI it is 13%. It means that when it comes to RI, even though the number is slightly below the national level, it is not nearly as far removed from the US average as every other crime. However, when it comes to aggravating assault, we do much better again. While crime is present, the team of criminal lawyers, states that even though RI is still one of the safest places to call home in America, it will always be in your benefit to be aware of your surroundings and to take care of your safety as much as you can.
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