Crime in Wells, Maine
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Wells at 53% below the U.S. rate per resident: 81% lower for persons crimes and 46% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Wells. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 8.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.6 violent, 7.6 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Wells is lower than 61% of the 54 other Maine places and 62% 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 Wells's 10 census block groups for 12,181 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 Wells.
- 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 Wells
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 24 and 49.
- 0–5090.4%
- 50–1004.8%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4004.8%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Wells is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekend daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.8% 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.
Wells against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,505 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Wells's, and 387 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Wells's major-crime index is higher than 2, lower than 5 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Sanford (10 mi), is 2.8 times Wells's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Wells
Is Wells safe?
Wells's major-crime index is 48, 53% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 61% of the 54 other Maine places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 81% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 46% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Wells?
The model expects about 100 major crimes a year in Wells, about 8.2 per 1,000 residents, 53% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Wells?
Expected major crimes in Wells are down 7.8% from a year earlier; across Maine they're down 10.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Wells?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 60 a year), shoplifting (about 15 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 7 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Wells?
The model expects about 7 thefts from vehicles a year in Wells, 78% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Wells?
The model expects about 6 motor vehicle thefts a year in Wells, 72% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Wells safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 23 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 73 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 Wells higher than the Maine average?
Wells's major-crime index is 48, 16% below the Maine rate per resident. Maine as a whole is 57, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Wells compare with Sanford?
Sanford, 10 miles away, has a major-crime index of 134, 2.8 times Wells's rate per resident. Wells'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. Wells's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Wells 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: 12,181. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Wells, Maine." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/me/wells
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