Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Providence, RI Crime Grade
How Providence grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Rhode Island — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Rhode Island
10/10
vs. Rhode Island cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Providence, RI was 285.6 per 100,000 residents (558 incidents over a population of 195,376). That puts Providence Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 93% above the Rhode Island statewide rate of 147.8.
That ranks Providence #2,574 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 32% of them, and #29 of 30 in Rhode Island. Violent crime is up 1% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Providence, RI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Rhode Island Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 285.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,574 of 3,771
- RI rank
- #29 of 30
- Safer than
- 32% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 1%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 195,376
- Reporting agency
- Providence Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Providence Police Department (FBI ORI RI0040900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Providence, RI
History
So called by Roger Williams "for God's merciful providence to me in my distress."
Location
Capital of State of Rhode Island and county seat.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Providence (red), Rhode Island (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Providence vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 398.1(740) | 343.3(649) | 312.8(593) | 282.4(547) | 285.6(558) |
| Murder | 11.3(21) | 3.7(7) | 5.8(11) | 6.2(12) | 1.5(3) |
| Rape | 43.0(80) | 36.5(69) | 35.9(68) | 21.7(42) | 29.2(57) |
| Robbery | 78.0(145) | 71.9(136) | 60.1(114) | 60.9(118) | 47.1(92) |
| Aggravated assault | 265.8(494) | 231.1(437) | 211.0(400) | 193.6(375) | 207.8(406) |
| Property crime | 2537.8(4,717) | 2541.5(4,805) | 1915.2(3,631) | 1665.6(3,226) | 1558.5(3,045) |
| Burglary | 273.3(508) | 203.6(385) | 157.2(298) | 118.8(230) | 105.9(207) |
| Larceny | 1886.3(3,506) | 1956.0(3,698) | 1489.0(2,823) | 1334.7(2,585) | 1272.4(2,486) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 375.0(697) | 378.2(715) | 267.4(507) | 211.7(410) | 175.6(343) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Providence, RI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Providence Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Providence calculated?
- Providence's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Rhode Island state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Rhode Island cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Providence Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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