Providence, RI crime rate
In 2025 the Providence Police Department reported 286.6 violent crimes and 1,575.4 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Rhode Island and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 9 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
How does Providence compare with Rhode Island and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Providence only.
What offenses were reported in Providence, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Rhode Island | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 560 | 286.6 | 144.1 | 327.6 | up 1.3% | down 28.0% |
| Murder | 4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 4.1 | down 67.7% | down 82.3% |
| Rape | 59 | 30.2 | 32.4 | 36.1 | up 39.2% | down 29.8% |
| Robbery | 92 | 47.1 | 18.0 | 49.4 | down 22.7% | down 39.6% |
| Aggravated assault | 405 | 207.3 | 92.0 | 238.0 | up 6.8% | down 22.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 3,078 | 1,575.4 | 910.5 | 1,534.8 | down 5.4% | down 37.9% |
| Burglary | 208 | 106.5 | 86.1 | 193.6 | down 10.4% | down 61.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 2,517 | 1,288.3 | 719.7 | 1,144.1 | down 3.5% | down 31.7% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 344 | 176.1 | 104.7 | 197.0 | down 16.8% | down 53.0% |
| Arson | 9 | 4.6 | Not estimated | Not estimated | See data note | up 43.8% |
Reported = offenses known to the Providence Police Department and sent to the FBI. Rhode Island and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Providence | United States | Rhode Island |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 398.1 | 387.0 | 200.5 |
| 2022 | 343.8 | 388.7 | 173.4 |
| 2023 | 312.8 | 379.5 | 167.5 |
| 2024 | 282.9 | 362.9 | 154.8 |
| 2025 | 286.6 | 327.6 | 144.1 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Providence | United States | Rhode Island |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,537.8 | 1,832.3 | 1,228.3 |
| 2022 | 2,541.5 | 1,973.8 | 1,286.8 |
| 2023 | 1,916.2 | 1,934.1 | 1,115.0 |
| 2024 | 1,666.2 | 1,761.1 | 1,033.9 |
| 2025 | 1,575.4 | 1,534.8 | 910.5 |
Is Providence safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Providence Police Department reported, 286.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Rhode Island's 144.1, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 1.3% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Providence had 560 violent crimes reported to the FBI by its police in 2025, equal to 286.6 per 100,000 residents covered by the Providence Police Department. That was 2.0 times the FBI's Rhode Island estimate of 144.1, but below the US rate of 327.6. For property crime the rate was 1,575.4, above the national 1,534.8 and the Rhode Island figure of 910.5.
Since 2021 the violent rate has dropped 28.0% from 398.1, and the property rate 37.9% from 2,537.8. Burglary fell 61.0% in that period and motor vehicle theft 53.0%. From 2024 to 2025, rape rose the most of the violent offenses, 39.2%.
Its rate of 30.2 per 100,000 was below the US rate of 36.1 for rape. Aggravated assault was 72% of violent crime and rose 6.8% in the last year. The city recorded 4 homicides in 2025, a rate of 2.0 per 100,000.
Larceny-theft made up 82% of property crime. The 2024 arson count is flagged as an unusual change, so it is left out of the comparisons. The department reported all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has been on NIBRS since 2006.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.65 per 1,000 residents (435 officers, 83 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Providence Police Department (ORI RI0040900), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Rhode Island and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_RI0040900_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Providence Police Department (RI0040900): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_RI0040900__from-2021-to-2025.json)