Crime in Town of Gorham, Maine
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Town of Gorham at 79% below the U.S. rate per resident: 89% lower for persons crimes and 77% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.9% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Town of Gorham. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 3.6 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.3 violent, 3.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Town of Gorham is lower than 98% of the 54 other Maine places and 95% 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 Town of Gorham's 9 census block groups for 19,424 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 Town of Gorham.
- 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 Town of Gorham
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 13 and 24.
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Every crime type in Town of Gorham is near or below 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 7.9% 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.
Town of Gorham against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,359 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Town of Gorham's, and 101 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Town of Gorham has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Westbrook (5 mi), is 3.8 times Town of Gorham's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Town of Gorham
Is Town of Gorham safe?
Town of Gorham's major-crime index is 21, 79% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 98% of the 54 other Maine places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 89% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 77% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Town of Gorham?
The model expects about 70 major crimes a year in Town of Gorham, about 3.6 per 1,000 residents, 79% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Town of Gorham?
Expected major crimes in Town of Gorham are down 7.9% from a year earlier; across Maine they're down 10.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Town of Gorham?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 41 a year), shoplifting (about 8 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 6 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Town of Gorham?
The model expects about 6 thefts from vehicles a year in Town of Gorham, 88% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Town of Gorham?
The model expects about 4 motor vehicle thefts a year in Town of Gorham, 89% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Town of Gorham safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 12 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 33 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 Town of Gorham higher than the Maine average?
Town of Gorham's major-crime index is 21, 63% below the Maine rate per resident. Maine as a whole is 57, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Town of Gorham compare with Westbrook?
Westbrook, 5 miles away, has a major-crime index of 79, 3.8 times Town of Gorham's rate per resident. Town of Gorham's is 21.
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. Town of Gorham's figures add up its 9 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Town of Gorham 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: 19,424. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Town of Gorham, Maine." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/me/town-of-gorham
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