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Providence, RI · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Providence

Providence ranks #26 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 81 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Rhode Island.

safety score
81
Very Fun
National rank
#26 of 134
In Rhode Island
#1 of 1
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Providence sits 31 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Providence

  1. T#23 Manchester, NH 83
  2. #25 Garland, TX 82
  3. #26 Providence, RI — this page 81
  4. T#27 San Diego, CA 80
  5. T#27 Scottsdale, AZ 80

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Providence

Providence scores 78 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: