2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Iowa City, IA vs Providence, RI

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- Providence has 38% more violent crime than Iowa City.
- Providence has 33% more property crime than Iowa City.
 Iowa City, IAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock30.422.7
 Property Crime35.8  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Iowa City, IowaCrime Index
 Frytown, IA9
 Swisher, IA9.25
 Shueyville, IA9.55
 Crawfordsville, IA12.7
 Solon, IA13.3
 Riverside, IA13.4
 Oxford, IA13.7
 Lone Tree, IA14.2
 Tiffin, IA14.4
 Ainsworth, IA14.45

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