Crime in North Providence, Rhode Island
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in North Providence at 63% below the U.S. rate per resident: 70% lower for persons crimes and 62% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 12.5% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving North Providence. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 6.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.9 violent, 5.4 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, North Providence is lower than 38% of the 34 other Rhode Island places and 76% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across North Providence's 22 census block groups for 35,246 residents. How Rhode Island residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 99.3%, summary counts only for 0.1% and no reporting agency of their own for 0.6% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside North Providence.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across North Providence
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 25 and 41.
- 0–5085.7%
- 50–10011.7%
- 100–2002.6%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in North Providence is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 12.5% in a year; across Rhode Island it fell 9.5%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Rhode Island in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
North Providence against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
899 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above North Providence's, and 127 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
North Providence's major-crime index is higher than 2 and lower than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Providence (3 mi), is 2.8 times North Providence's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in North Providence
Is North Providence safe?
North Providence's major-crime index is 37, 63% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 38% of the 34 other Rhode Island places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 70% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 62% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in North Providence?
The model expects about 222 major crimes a year in North Providence, about 6.3 per 1,000 residents, 63% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in North Providence?
Expected major crimes in North Providence are down 12.5% from a year earlier; across Rhode Island they're down 9.5%.
What are the most common crimes in North Providence?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 73 a year), shoplifting (about 40 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 29 a year).
Are car break-ins common in North Providence?
The model expects about 27 thefts from vehicles a year in North Providence, 72% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in North Providence?
The model expects about 29 motor vehicle thefts a year in North Providence, 49% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is North Providence safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 28 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 46 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in North Providence higher than the Rhode Island average?
North Providence's major-crime index is 37, 35% below the Rhode Island rate per resident. Rhode Island as a whole is 56, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in North Providence compare with Providence?
Providence, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 103, 2.8 times North Providence's rate per resident. North Providence's is 37.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. North Providence's figures add up its 22 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- North Providence has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 35,246. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in North Providence, Rhode Island." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ri/north-providence
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