CrimeMetric

Crime in Rockland, Maine

Major crime in Rockland is 25% below the U.S. rate per resident: 53% lower for persons crimes and 18% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.6% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
76
25% below the U.S. rate
33% above the Maine rate
down 7.6% in a year
Persons crimes
47
53% below the U.S. rate
1.7 times the Maine rate
down 6.2% in a year
Property crimes
82
18% below the U.S. rate
29% above the Maine rate
down 7.8% in a year
Social disorder
104
about the U.S. rate
1.6 times the Maine rate
down 6.2% 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 1.9 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Rockland 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 Rockland

The middle half of Rockland residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 19 and 96; the typical (median) resident's is 61. The citywide figure (76) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Rockland, 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.
  • 0–5031.8%
  • 50–10048.3%
  • 100–20011.6%
  • 200–4008.3%
  • 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 6pm109
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am39
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm95
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am38
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.6% in a year; across Maine it fell 10.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.6%ME -10.7%-13.4%ME -12.2%
Persons crimes-6.2%ME -13.1%-0.7%ME -0.5%
Property crimes-7.8%ME -10.4%-15.0%ME -13.3%
Social disorder-6.2%ME -10.4%-7.5%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

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

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

DuBois, PA7,160241
Rockland, ME7,15876
Palmer, AK7,15966
Kasson, MN7,15929
Rumson, NJ7,16224
Asbury, IA7,16421

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

Nearby places

Rockland has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Thomaston (3 mi), is 15% above Rockland's rate.

Augusta35 mi202
Thomaston3 mi87
Rockland76
Gardiner34 mi63
Camden7 mi51
Winslow39 mi51
Bath37 mi49
Bucksport38 mi47
Hallowell36 mi27

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

Questions about crime in Rockland

What are the most common crimes in Rockland?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 34 a year), other larceny (about 28 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 11 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 1.9 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. Rockland's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Rockland 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: 7,158. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100