CrimeMetric

Crime in Pittsfield, Maine

Major crime in Pittsfield is 48% below the U.S. rate per resident: 71% lower for persons crimes and 43% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
52
48% below the U.S. rate
9% below the Maine rate
down 8.1% in a year
Persons crimes
29
71% below the U.S. rate
about the Maine rate
down 5.9% in a year
Property crimes
57
43% below the U.S. rate
10% below the Maine rate
down 8.3% in a year
Social disorder
67
34% below the U.S. rate
about the Maine rate
down 5.1% 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

No crime type in Pittsfield is more than 10% above the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Pittsfield

Pittsfield is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 51; the middle half of residents live where it is between 35 and 57.

Map of Pittsfield, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5025.4%
  • 50–10074.6%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm73
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am29
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm59
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am32
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across Maine it fell 10.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.1%ME -10.7%-14.4%ME -12.2%
Persons crimes-5.9%ME -13.1%-2.6%ME -0.5%
Property crimes-8.3%ME -10.4%-15.7%ME -13.3%
Social disorder-5.1%ME -10.4%-5.9%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

Pittsfield against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

990 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Pittsfield; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Elba, AL3,942128
Pittsfield, ME3,93852
Crane, TX3,93836

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

Nearby places

Pittsfield has a higher major-crime index than 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Skowhegan (14 mi), is 3.0 times Pittsfield's rate.

Bangor32 mi237
Skowhegan14 mi157
Waterville19 mi151
Brewer33 mi96
Fairfield16 mi94
Pittsfield52
Winslow19 mi51
Bucksport34 mi47
Hampden29 mi22

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

Questions about crime in Pittsfield

What are the most common crimes in Pittsfield?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 21 a year), shoplifting (about 4 a year) and burglary (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 8% above 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. Pittsfield's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Pittsfield 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: 3,938. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100