Providence Police Arrests and Citations with Demographics, Past 180 Days

Adults arrested or issued citations by the Providence Police Department during the past 60 days, as stated in the description. The data includes state and municipal statute violations, with individuals charged with multiple violations per incident. The dataset is published by data.providenceri.gov and was last updated on 2026-04-03.

Use Cases

• Analyzing arrest trends over time using Arrest Date, Year, and Month columns.
• Profiling demographic patterns in law enforcement interactions using Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity columns.
• Investigating the frequency and nature of specific charges using Statute Code and Statute Desc columns.
• Linking individuals and officers to specific incidents using Case Number, First Name, Last Name, and Arresting Officers columns.

Strengths

• Includes 19 distinct columns covering demographic, geographic, and legal details for each record.
• Provides a direct link to case logs via the Case Number for further investigation.
• Distinguishes between custodial arrests and non-custodial citations as per the source description.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Providence Police Department, published via data.providenceri.gov.

Collection Method

Records of adults arrested or issued citations by the Providence Police Department.

Time Range

Covers the past 60 days from the date of data extraction, as per the description.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 13:08:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.