Portsmouth Named Safest City In RI By New Ranking

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- Portsmouth is Rhode Island's safest city, according to new data released by review site safehome.org. The organization ranked the top-25 safest cities in Rhode Island.

Portsmouth earned a safety ranking of 90.44 out of 100, ranking it within the top fifth percentile in the country. The score takes into account factors such as population size, number of violent crimes, the ratio of police officers to citizens and more.

Narragansett and Burrillville came in next on the ranking, earning scores of 90.08 and 89.96, respectively.

Newport and Providence bring up the end of the ranking at numbers 24 and 25.

"Rhode Island has three of the top 500 safest cities in the country," SafeHome wrote. "The 25 safest cities in the state range from a high of 90.44 to a low of 71.91. That is very good and among the highest safety rating range in the nation."

Check out the full ranking of Rhode Island's Top 25 safest cities:

1. Portsmouth
2. Narragansett
3. Burrillville
4. Bristol
5. South Kingstown
6. North Kingstown
7. Barrington
8. Smithfield
9. Cumberland
10. Tiverton
11. North Providence
12. East Providence
13. Johnston
14. Middletown
15. West Warwick
16. Coventry
17. Westerly
18. Cranston
19. Warwick
20. Lincoln
21. Central Falls
22. Woonsocket
23. Pawtucket
24. Newport
25. Providence

The full results can be read here.