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How many spam calls do people in Rhode Island report? They filed 317 FCC complaints in 12 months, 35th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Rhode Island filed 317 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 28.4 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 35th among the 50 states and DC. 29% of the 153 caller IDs people reported were toll-free numbers, against 18% across the country.
- 317unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Rhode Island, October 2025 to September 2026
- 28.4complaints for every 100,000 residents, 35th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 401the area code people there named most, on 31 complaints (Rhode Island)
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025. All sources.
People in Rhode Island reported area code 401 most, and 1 of the 10 busiest area codes is in Rhode Island.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Rhode Island whose caller ID started with that code. 5 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 86 of the 153 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Rhode Island? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 401 | Rhode IslandIn Rhode Island | Yes | 31 |
| 2 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 13 |
| 3 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 8 |
| 4 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 7 |
| 5 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 6 |
| 6 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 6 |
| 7 | 315 | Central New YorkIn NY | No, NY | 5 |
| 8 | 260 | Northeast IndianaIn IN | No, IN | 4 |
| 9 | 343 | Ontario, CanadaNot US | Not US | 3 |
| 10 | 617 | Boston, MAIn MA | No, MA | 3 |
Complaints from Rhode Island peaked at 45 in February 2026, against 15 in December 2025.
October 2025 and November 2025 are shaded and dotted because the FCC file holds only 323 and 16,267 complaints of any kind in those months, against about 29,400 in a usual one.
Complaints from Rhode Island by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Rhode Island per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Rhode Island
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 11 |
| December 2025 | 15 |
| January 2026 | 15 |
| February 2026 | 45 |
| March 2026 | 31 |
| April 2026 | 38 |
| May 2026 | 33 |
| June 2026 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 28 |
| August 2026 | 41 |
| September 2026 | 40 |
Prerecorded calls make up 45% of the complaints from Rhode Island, above the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 317 complaints from Rhode Island split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Rhode Island
How the 317 complaints from Rhode Island split.
- Prerecorded call45% · 143 complaints
- Live caller25% · 80 complaints
- Text message14% · 43 complaints
- Kind not stated16% · 51 complaints
Across the country the split is prerecorded call 41%, live caller 26%, text message 15%, kind not stated 17%.
Fewer than half of the US numbers people in Rhode Island reported carry a Rhode Island area code, 31 of 100 (31%), against 50% across the country.
Of 153 complaints that gave a caller ID, 31 named a Rhode Island code, 69 a code from another state, 44 a toll-free code and 9 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Rhode Island reported came from
Where the 153 caller ID numbers from Rhode Island came from.
- Rhode Island area codes20% · 31 complaints
- Other states' area codes45% · 69 complaints
- Toll-free codes29% · 44 complaints
- Other or not assigned6% · 9 complaints
After Rhode Island, people there named New York, Massachusetts and California codes most.
Rhode Island ranks 35th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Nebraska and Oregon.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Rhode Island next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Rhode Island.
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317 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 28.4 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 35th among the 50 states and DC per person and 45th by total count.
401 (Rhode Island) was named on 31 complaints, 20% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 866 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 13 and 877 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 8.
Not mostly. 31% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Rhode Island code, against 50% across the country. After Rhode Island, the area codes named most belonged to New York (8), Massachusetts (7) and California (6). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
45% were about prerecorded calls, 25% about a live caller and 14% about text messages, and 16% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
February 2026, with 45 complaints. The quietest full month was December 2025, with 15. October 2025 and November 2025 are left out of that comparison because the FCC file is thin for them.
File a complaint with the FCC's Consumer Help Center at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Complaints filed there are the ones counted on this page, listed by the state of the person who filed. To report a scam or fraud call, use ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
A state with more people files more complaints just by being bigger. Dividing by the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for Rhode Island (1,114,521 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Rhode Island ranks 35th per person and 45th by total count.
Every number on this page comes from two public sources.
The complaints come from the FCC.
Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", filed October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, read from opendata.fcc.gov on November 4, 2026.
The population comes from the Census Bureau.
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 (NST-EST2025-POP), Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025, released January 2026, checked November 2026.
Data: FCC Consumer Complaints, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, analysed by ExpressNumber. www.expressnumber.com/spam-calls-by-state/rhode-island
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