Crime in Scarborough, Maine
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Scarborough at 52% below the U.S. rate per resident: 83% lower for persons crimes and 45% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Scarborough. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 8.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 7.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Scarborough is lower than 59% of the 54 other Maine places and 61% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Scarborough's 14 census block groups for 24,993 residents. How Maine residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 99.1%, summary counts only for 0.5% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 0.4% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Scarborough.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Scarborough
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 16 and 69.
- 0–5070.3%
- 50–10012.9%
- 100–20016.8%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 19% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 8.0% in a year; across Maine it fell 10.7%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Maine in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Scarborough against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,486 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Scarborough's, and 388 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Scarborough's major-crime index is higher than 1 and lower than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Oak Hill (1 mi), is 2.1 times Scarborough's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Scarborough
Is Scarborough safe?
Scarborough's major-crime index is 48, 52% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 59% of the 54 other Maine places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 83% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 45% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Scarborough?
The model expects about 206 major crimes a year in Scarborough, about 8.3 per 1,000 residents, 52% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Scarborough?
Expected major crimes in Scarborough are down 8.0% from a year earlier; across Maine they're down 10.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Scarborough?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 94 a year), other larceny (about 59 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 15 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Scarborough?
The model expects about 15 thefts from vehicles a year in Scarborough, 78% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Scarborough?
The model expects about 14 motor vehicle thefts a year in Scarborough, 64% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Scarborough safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 30 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 66 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Scarborough higher than the Maine average?
Scarborough's major-crime index is 48, 15% below the Maine rate per resident. Maine as a whole is 57, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Scarborough compare with Oak Hill?
Oak Hill, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 101, 2.1 times Scarborough's rate per resident. Scarborough's is 48.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Scarborough's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Scarborough has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 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: 24,993. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Scarborough, Maine." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/me/scarborough
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