Providence Police Case Log with Offense Details for the Past 180 Days

Recorded state and municipal offenses from the AEGIS records management system of the Providence Police. The data is published by data.providenceri.gov and was last updated on April 3, 2026. A single case can contain multiple offenses, and the log excludes certain sensitive cases to protect victims and juveniles.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal crime trends using the Reported Date, Month, and Year columns.
• Mapping incident locations by block range using the Location column for geospatial analysis.
• Categorizing and counting offense types using the Offense Desc and Counts columns.
• Linking case details and potential arrest activity using the CaseNumber column as a key.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly, with a last update timestamp of 2026-04-03 13:07:22.
• Includes 10 distinct columns such as Statute Code, Offense Desc, and Reporting Officer for detailed analysis.
• Provides explicit documentation on location anonymization and case exclusions for special victims and juveniles.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Incident locations are generalized to block ranges instead of specific addresses.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Providence Police Department's AEGIS records management system, published on data.providenceri.gov.

Collection Method

Administrative records from police case logging.

Time Range

Covers the past 180 days from the date of access.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 13:07:22; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Providence, Rhode Island, USA.