Crime in Rhode Island
In 2019, there were 25 murders, 491 rapes, 418 robberies, and 2,321 burglaries reported in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.[1]
Capital punishment laws
Capital punishment is not applied in this state.[2]
History
The first formal law system in Rhode Island was established in 1647,[3] which created a code, which was based on the English criminal code, but could also be changed to the likings of the colonists.[4] According to this, each person was disallowed from Murder, Witchcraft, Burglary, Theft, Fornication, and High Treason,[5] the latter requiring being sent to trial in England, and the rest being punishable by imprisonment.
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- Barrington
- Bristol
- Burrillville
- Charlestown
- Coventry
- Cumberland
- East Greenwich
- Exeter
- Foster
- Glocester
- Hopkinton
- Jamestown
- Johnston
- Lincoln
- Little Compton
- Middletown
- Narragansett
- New Shoreham (Block Island)
- North Kingstown
- North Providence
- North Smithfield
- Portsmouth
- Richmond
- Scituate
- Smithfield
- South Kingstown
- Tiverton
- Warren
- West Greenwich
- West Warwick
- Westerly
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