Elmwood, Providence, RI Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Elmwood is a neighborhood of 12,000 residents in Providence, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Elmwood?
Violent crime is high in Elmwood: a C+, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Assaults make up 94% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Providence as a whole grades B+ for violent crime.
C+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 482 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Elmwood as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Elmwood scores 482.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Elmwood, Providence, RI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Elmwood in Providence, 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 about violent crime in Elmwood
Robberies happen on streets and sidewalks more often than nationally. In Providence as a whole, 48% of reported robberies happen on streets and sidewalks, against 31% nationally.
How Elmwood compares within Providence
Areas graded C for violent crime are home to 75% of residents in Elmwood; 25% live in areas graded A or B and 0% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Elmwood run from B to C.
25%75%
A or B 25%C 75%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Elmwood has less violent crime than 2 of the 28 neighborhoods in Providence. It covers much of the West End, Elmwood, and Upper South Providence areas.
Is violent crime going up in Providence?
Reported violent crime in Providence as a whole has fallen 45% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.0 to 2.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 10%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
ProvidenceUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Providence. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Providence
Violent, US
2016
+15%
+4%
2017
+8%
+4%
2018
-8%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
2021
-22%
+6%
2022
-32%
+5%
2023
-38%
+2%
2024
-45%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Elmwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Elmwood has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Providence as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Elmwood, about 94% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Providence
The Providence Police Department polices Elmwood; these figures cover Providence as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Providence as a whole, 36% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (36%)
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.
Violent crime in Elmwood and nearby neighborhoods
Elmwood has more violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Wayland and Edgewood have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Elmwood apart: it has 92% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of B+ (68 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.92% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 77% 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 assault.B+ (68 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Elmwood: C- (32 of 100).14 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 62% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 57% 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 violent crime costs Elmwood
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Elmwood about $19 million a year, or $1,584 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $3.8 million, or $317 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
