Which RI Communities Have the Most Registered Sex Offenders?

Which RI Communities Have the Most Registered Sex Offenders?

Public Information, Harassment of Offenders "Could Be Crime"

According to the website, "no agency, including any Law Enforcement Agency or any state agency, may direct where the offender works or goes to school. The risk level of this offender has been determined based largely on the offender's potential to re-offend."

It continues, "Sex offenders have always lived in our communities; but it was not until passage of the Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification Act that law enforcement even knew where they were living. In many cases, law enforcement is now able to share information with you. Abuse of this information to threaten, intimidate or harass registered offenders will not be tolerated and may be a crime. Further, such abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to conduct community notifications. We believe that if community notification ends because of community harassment, the only person who wins is the sex offender since sex offenders derive their power through secrecy."

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Rhode Island Communities with the Most Sex Offenders

#33

Smithfield

Registered Offenders: 1

Town Population: 21,423

.23 per 5000 residents

#32

Middletown

Registered Offenders: 1

Population: 16,111

.31 per 5000 residents

#31

North Smithfield

Registered Offenders: 1

Population: 11,968

.42 per 5000 residents

#30

Bristol

Registered Offenders: 2

Population: 22,922

.44 per 5000 residents

#29

Scituate 

Registered Offenders: 1

Population: 10,330

.48 per 5000 residents

#28

Johnston

Registered Offenders: 3

Population: 28,771

.52 per 5000 residents

#27

Narragansett

Registered Offenders: 2

Population: 15,814

.63 per 5000 residents

#26

Tiverton

Registered Offenders: 2

Population: 15,743

.64 per 5000 residents

#25

Lincoln

Registered Offenders: 3

Population: 21,108

.71 per 5000 residents

#24

Cumberland

Registered Offenders: 5

Population: 33,507

.75 per 5000 residents

#23

North Kingstown

Registered Offenders: 4

Population: 26,396

.76 per 5000 residents

#22

Exeter

Registered Offenders: 1

Population: 6,405

.78 per 5000 residents

#21

Portsmouth

Registered Offenders: 3

Population: 17,348

.86 per 5000 residents

#20

Jamestown

Registered Offenders: 1

Population: 5,391

.92 per 5000 residents

#19

Burrillville

Registered Offenders: 3

Population: 15,956

.94 per 5000 residents

#18

Newport

Registered Offenders: 5

Population: 24,619

1.01 per 5000 residents

#17

Glocester

Registered Offenders: 3

Population: 9,747

1.03 per 5000 residents

#15 (tie)

North Providence

Registered Offenders: 7

Population: 32,079

1.09 per 5000 residents

#15 (tie)

Warwick

Registered Offenders: 18

Population: 82,361

1.09 per 5000 residents

#14

Charlestown

Registered Offenders: 2

Population: 7,800

1.28 per 5000 residents

#13

South Kingstown

Registered Offenders: 8

Population: 30,553

1.31 per 5000 residents

#12

Warren

Registered Offenders: 3

Population: 10,594

1.41 per 5000 residents

#11

Coventry

Registered Offenders: 10

Population: 34,884

1.43 per 5000 residents

#10

Westerly

Registered Offenders: 8

Population: 22,708

1.76 per 5000 residents

#9

East Providence

Registered Offenders: 20

Population: 47,039

2.12 per 5000 residents

#8

West Warwick

Registered Offenders: 14

Population: 29,080

2.41 per 5000 residents

#7

Hopkinton

Registered Offenders: 4

Population: 8,159

2.45 per 5000 residents

#6

Pawtucket

Registered Offenders: 39

Population: 71,153

2.74 per 5000 residents

#5

West Greenwich

Registered Offenders: 4

Population: 6,112

3.27 per 5000 residents

#4

Central Falls

Registered Offenders: 15

Population: 19,379

3.87 per 5000 residents

#3

Providence

Registered Offenders: 166

Population: 178,053

4.66 per 5000 residents

#2

Woonsocket

Registered Offenders: 41

Population: 41,188

4.97 per 5000 residents

#1

Cranston

Registered Offenders: 153

Population: 80,392

9.42 per 5000 residents