Providence Crossing is a neighborhood of 10,800 residents in Charlotte, about 12 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Providence Crossing in Charlotte safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Providence Crossing: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. Charlotte as a whole grades C+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 890 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Providence Crossing as a whole, and 37% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Providence Crossing scores 890.
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 Providence Crossing, Charlotte, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Providence Crossing in Charlotte, 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 Providence Crossing
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Charlotte as a whole, 64% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Simple assaults and acts of vandalism both run low. In Providence Crossing, each runs at less than half the US rate: 3.1 simple assaults and 1.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 and 5.5 nationally.
How Providence Crossing compares within Charlotte
Every part of Providence Crossing where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Providence Crossing run from A+ to A; every part of Providence Crossing has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Providence Crossing has less crime than 101 of the 105 neighborhoods in Charlotte. It covers much of the East Forest, Providence Plantation, and Providence Crossing areas.
Is crime going up in Charlotte?
Reported violent crime in Charlotte as a whole peaked in 2020 and has fallen 15% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 6% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.9 to 7.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 42 to 39 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CharlotteUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Charlotte. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Charlotte
Violent, US
Property, Charlotte
Property, US
2016
-1%
+4%
+4%
+15%
2017
-7%
+4%
-3%
+12%
2018
-6%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+16%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
+8%
+6%
-18%
-10%
2022
+1%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
-2%
+2%
-2%
-7%
2024
-1%
-4%
-6%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Providence Crossing
CrimeGrade™ estimates Providence Crossing has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 42% less than the US as a whole and 68% less than Charlotte 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Providence Crossing, about 62% 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 Charlotte
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department polices Providence Crossing; these figures cover Charlotte as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Charlotte as a whole, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 54% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (64%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
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 Providence Crossing compares with nearby neighborhoods
Providence Crossing has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Providence Estates East and Providence Plantation have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Providence Crossing. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Providence Crossing is safer than 93% of them.
Empty homes, walkability and tree cover in Providence Crossing
Two things set Providence Crossing apart: it has 2.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 94% 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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.26% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Providence Crossing: F (2 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 79% 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 Providence Crossing
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Providence Crossing about $571 a year per household, 53% 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 $5.0 million a year, or $461 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 Providence Crossing 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
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department publishes its own crime data
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 Providence Crossing, Charlotte, NC average a SchoolGrade of A+: 85% of students test proficient, against 73% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Providence Crossing on SchoolGrade
