Crime in Maine
Major crime across Maine is 43% below the U.S. rate per resident: 72% lower for persons crimes and 37% lower for property crimes. That is the 48th highest of the 50 states and DC. Expected major crimes are down 10.7% from a year earlier. Of the 49 places below, 28 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.
Larger places in Maine, against the U.S. and the state
Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.
The 49 largest places in Maine, largest first.
Intimidation stands out most, at 24% above the U.S. rate
Every block group in Maine, including towns and unincorporated areas: the index against the U.S. rate per resident, and expected crimes a year per 100,000 residents.
Persons crimes
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Maine
Share of Maine residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.
- 0–5071.3%
- 50–10015.5%
- 100–2009.3%
- 200–4003.0%
- 400+1.0%
99.1% of Maine residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI. Data sources
1,184 block groups and 1,421,170 residents. How the estimates are made