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Cranston score: 36/100 (Moderate) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Cranston safe? United States travel risk

Is Cranston safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Cranston scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Cranston scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Cranston: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).

A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Location & Spatial Data

Found at 41.7658° N, 71.4858° W within Rhode Island, Cranston is situated 566.3 km WSW of Washington at an altitude of 19 m.

Region
Rhode Island
Coordinates
41.7658° N, 71.4858° W
Elevation
19 m
Time Zone
America/New_York
Population
82,632
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: Boston (69.8 km NNE).

Transit Links & Medical Facilities

Aviation Hub Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) 6.7 km SE
Hospital Care Eleanor Slater Hospital 3.0 km SE
Police Station Cranston Police Training Academy 1.0 km NNE
Railway Terminal T. F. Green Airport 5.6 km SE

Proximate Regional Communities (United States)

Climate by Month

Hottest: July (28 °C avg high); Wettest: November (115 mm).

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °C 3° 4° 8° 15° 19° 24° 28° 27° 24° 18° 10° 5°
Low °C -6° -5° -1° 5° 10° 15° 19° 19° 15° 10° 3° -2°
Rain mm 97 74 96 103 91 94 87 91 80 89 115 111

Normals: Providence (8.4 km away).

Natural Hazard Calendar & History

No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.

For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the United States travel advice & laws.

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Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers

Warwick 15
7.9 km SE
Providence 37
8.4 km NE
Taunton 10
35.9 km ENE
New Bedford 15
46.3 km ESE
Brockton 15
51.9 km NE
Norwich 15
55.5 km WSW

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Intelligence records sourced via SimpleMaps, GeoNames, OSM, OurAirports, Open-Meteo, and USGS/GDACS · Sources · Editorial Policy