CrimeMetric

Crime in Ellsworth, Maine

Major crime in Ellsworth is 35% above the U.S. rate per resident: 63% lower for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.3% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
135
35% above the U.S. rate
2.4 times the Maine rate
down 7.3% in a year
Persons crimes
37
63% below the U.S. rate
31% above the Maine rate
down 6.6% in a year
Property crimes
157
1.6 times the U.S. rate
2.5 times the Maine rate
down 7.3% in a year
Social disorder
178
1.8 times the U.S. rate
2.8 times the Maine rate
down 4.4% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Intimidation stands out most, at 7.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Ellsworth for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Ellsworth

The middle half of Ellsworth residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 31 and 215; the typical (median) resident's is 40. The citywide figure (135) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Ellsworth, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5054.9%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–20014.0%
  • 200–40017.0%
  • 400+14.1%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm177
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am80
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm183
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am89
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.3% in a year; across Maine it fell 10.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.3%ME -10.7%-10.8%ME -12.2%
Persons crimes-6.6%ME -13.1%+2.5%ME -0.5%
Property crimes-7.3%ME -10.4%-11.5%ME -13.3%
Social disorder-4.4%ME -10.4%+0.1%ME -5.1%

Change in expected crimes, with Maine as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Ellsworth against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

316 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Ellsworth; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Ellsworth, ME8,960135
Lampasas, TX8,969111
Scott, LA8,954108

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Ellsworth has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Bucksport (16 mi), is 65% below Ellsworth's rate.

Bangor24 mi237
Ellsworth135
Brewer21 mi96
Bar Harbor19 mi63
Old Town28 mi55
Camden38 mi51
Bucksport16 mi47
Orono25 mi27
Hampden22 mi22

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Ellsworth

What are the most common crimes in Ellsworth?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 101 a year), other larceny (about 78 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 9 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 7.4 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Ellsworth's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Ellsworth has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 8,960. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Ellsworth, Maine." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/me/ellsworth

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100