Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Policing and crime in East Providence, RI
The closest graded town is Providence, 3 miles away, at C. East Providence’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Count 11 graded towns in the 10 miles around.
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years East Providence’s police reported
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| Year | East Providence | Rest of Rhode Island | East Providence | Rest of Rhode Island |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 8.9 | not reported | 1.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Rhode Island. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
359 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
35 violent and 324 property, as reported to the FBI by East Providence’s police.
The nearest Rhode Island towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | C | 3 mi | 2.9 | 17.1 |
| Barrington | A | 5 mi | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Pawtucket | C+ | 5 mi | 2.8 | 14.7 |
| Central Falls | C+ | 6 mi | 3.4 | 9.1 |
| North Providence | B+ | 7 mi | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| Cranston | B | 7 mi | 1.0 | 10.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of East Providence. Nearby towns can differ a lot from East Providence.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
17 people died in crashes on East Providence’s roads in 2019–2023
East Providence had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Rhode Island towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.6, 12 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
East Providence and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | C | 2.9 | 17.1 |
| Barrington | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Warwick | B | 0.8 | 10.9 |
| Pawtucket | C+ | 2.8 | 14.7 |
| Cranston | B | 1.0 | 10.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of East Providence. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against East Providence’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (47,555 in 2024); our figure for East Providence is 48,249 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in East Providence
Is East Providence, RI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for East Providence. The nearest Rhode Island towns with a grade are Providence (C, 3 mi), Barrington (A, 5 mi), Pawtucket (C+, 5 mi).
Who polices East Providence?
East Providence’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Providence”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in East Providence.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2024, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.