Crime in Providence, Rhode Island
Major crime in Providence is about the U.S. rate per resident: 5% lower for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.3% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Vandalism stands out most, at 1.6 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Providence for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Providence
The middle half of Providence residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 54 and 113; the typical (median) resident's is 81. The citywide figure (103) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5019.6%
- 50–10047.2%
- 100–20026.3%
- 200–4005.2%
- 400+1.7%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 6.3% in a year; across Rhode Island it fell 9.5%
Change in expected crimes, with Rhode Island as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Providence against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents
150 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Providence; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Providence has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, East Providence (4 mi), is 60% below Providence's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Providence
What are the most common crimes in Providence?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 1,418 a year), theft from vehicle (about 724 a year) and aggravated assault (about 453 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Providence's figures add up its 153 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Providence has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 22.4% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- 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: 197,643. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Providence, Rhode Island." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ri/providence
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- East Providence4 mi42
- Cranston4 mi48
- Pawtucket4 mi86
- Central Falls5 mi58
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- Greenville8 mi33
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