What is the crime rate in Providence, RI?

In 2025, the Providence Police Department reported 560 violent crimes and 3,078 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 287 violent and 1,575 property crimes per 100,000 of the 195,376 residents it serves.

Across Rhode Island the rates were 146 and 922.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 287
Property per 100,000: 1,575
Violent crimes: 560
Property crimes: 3,078

Crime reported by the Providence Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	593	313	3,633	1,916	189,590
2024	548	283	3,227	1,666	193,679
2025	560	287	3,078	1,575	195,376

Violent crimes reported went from 593 in 2023 to 560 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,633 in 2023 to 3,078 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Providence against Rhode Island and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Providence	287	1,575
Providence County	188	1,091
Rhode Island	146	922
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Providence, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Providence	—	287	1,575
North Providence	3.3 mi	97	636
East Providence	3.4 mi	74	686
Pawtucket	4.3 mi	224	1,240
Central Falls	4.8 mi	273	787
Cranston	5.0 mi	89	890
Johnston	5.2 mi	128	822
Seekonk	5.3 mi	169	1,459
Lincoln	6.6 mi	105	1,049

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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