Highlands-Providence is a neighborhood of 6,230 residents in Fall River, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Highlands-Providence in Fall River safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Highlands-Providence is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Highlands-Providence sits near the middle: 51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. Fall River as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Highlands-Providence run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 843 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Highlands-Providence as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Highlands-Providence scores 843.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Highlands-Providence, Fall River, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Highlands-Providence in Fall River, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Highlands-Providence
Aggravated assault stands out among A-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of an A-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Highlands-Providence has 3.3.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Fall River as a whole, 42% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Highlands-Providence
CrimeGrade™ estimates Highlands-Providence has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% less than the US as a whole and 43% less than Fall River as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Highlands-Providence, about 43% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Fall River
The Fall River Police Department polices Highlands-Providence; these figures cover Fall River as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Fall River as a whole, 61% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (61%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Highlands-Providence compares with nearby neighborhoods
Highlands-Providence has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Highlands-Providence. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Highlands-Providence is safer than 84% of them.
Night lighting, tree cover and walkability in Highlands-Providence
Two things set Highlands-Providence apart: it has tree cover over 31% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 3.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.96% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.31% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Highlands-Providence
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Highlands-Providence about $727 a year per household, 40% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $6.2 million a year, or $994 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Highlands-Providence means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Highlands-Providence, Fall River, MA average a SchoolGrade of D: 29% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Highlands-Providence on SchoolGrade
