Providence Estates East is a neighborhood of 3,540 residents in Matthews, about 3 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Providence Estates East in Matthews safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Providence Estates East: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. Matthews as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 917 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Providence Estates East as a whole, and 27% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Providence Estates East scores 917.
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 Estates East, Matthews, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Providence Estates East in Matthews, 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
Crime rates and types in Providence Estates East
CrimeGrade™ estimates Providence Estates East has about 11 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 70% less than the US as a whole and 71% less than Matthews 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 Estates East, about 41% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
How Providence Estates East compares with nearby neighborhoods
Providence Estates East has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Providence Estates East. 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 Estates East is safer than 90% of them.
Tree cover, walkability and density in Providence Estates East
Two things set Providence Estates East apart: it has tree cover over 41% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (6 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.41% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 98% 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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (6 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 96% 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 Estates East: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 90% 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 Estates East
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Providence Estates East about $358 a year per household, 70% 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 $1.4 million a year, or $394 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 Estates East 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 Providence Estates East, Matthews, NC average a SchoolGrade of A+: 76% of students test proficient, against 65% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Providence Estates East on SchoolGrade
