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Providence Police Department

City agencyRI0040900NIBRS since 2006LEMAS 2020

Providence County, Rhode Island

Serves ~195,376 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 11,323 victims, 12,891 offenders
Victim sex
Male5,689 (50%)
Female5,601 (49%)
Unknown33 (0%)
Victim race
White7,390 (70%)
Black or African American2,582 (25%)
Asian431 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native100 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander11 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home4,232 (33%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2,175 (17%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,917 (15%)
Other/Unknown922 (7%)
Department/Discount Store489 (4%)
Bar/Nightclub374 (3%)

Top 6 of 37 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown791 (39%)
Stranger509 (25%)
Acquaintance404 (20%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend88 (4%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)61 (3%)
Otherwise Known42 (2%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property476 (57%)
Simple Assault198 (24%)
Aggravated Assault50 (6%)
Motor Vehicle Theft34 (4%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud17 (2%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering12 (1%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
Possible sources (2) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
416
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
85
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
501
Population served
179,270
Operating budget
$73,467,230
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201342798
200749595$43,859,389
200347080$40,000,000
2000463104$28,352,400
199946844
199746872
199340958
1990440110
198744060

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
435
Civilians (2025)
83

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Providence open data

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