Maine Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Maine displays a 4.71-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Bangor, Maine at 59.31 points out of 100 versus Lewiston, Maine at 54.6.
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Maine displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 94 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Maine has 3 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 0 increasing and 0 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Portland, Maine has a reporting population of 68,505 residents versus 31,663 in Bangor, Maine, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Maine is Bangor with an adjusted safety score of 59.31 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Maine city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor | #1 of 3 | 31,663 | 59.31 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Portland | #2 of 3 | 68,505 | 56.06 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Lewiston | #3 of 3 | 37,886 | 54.6 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Maine in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Homicide -54% (57 to 26), motor vehicle theft -25%, burglary -21%, larceny-theft -16%, robbery -3%, aggravated assault -2%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 22,781 of 52,619 reports (43.3%); larceny-theft alone is 17,058 (32.4%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 104% of homicides cleared vs 29% of burglaries and 33% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 26 reports in 2025 vs 57 in 2024 (-54%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (8,129) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (1,985, 3.8% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Jul (1,671) and troughed in Dec (1,139), a 1.5× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 113 of 121 agencies reported homicide in December 2025 (vs 118 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 121 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Maine monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 17058 reports vs 20343 in 2024 (down 16% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 1,350 | 61 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 1,153 | 61 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 1,417 | 61 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 1,279 | 59 | Full |
| May 2025 | 1,443 | 59 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 1,650 | 59 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 1,671 | 58 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 1,631 | 58 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 1,574 | 58 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 1,453 | 57 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 1,298 | 57 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 1,139 | 57 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 8129 reports vs 8646 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 671 | 41 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 524 | 41 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 728 | 41 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 667 | 39 | Full |
| May 2025 | 691 | 39 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 782 | 39 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 756 | 38 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 785 | 38 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 713 | 38 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 694 | 37 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 542 | 37 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 576 | 37 | Full |
Intimidation, month by month
→ Stable, 8129 reports vs 8268 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 731 | 118 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 583 | 118 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 655 | 118 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 711 | 116 | Full |
| May 2025 | 679 | 116 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 729 | 116 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 829 | 115 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 776 | 115 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 714 | 115 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 650 | 113 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 574 | 113 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 498 | 113 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
104% of homicides cleared vs 29% of burglaries, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 26 | 27 | 103.8% |
| Aggravated Assault | 1,122 | 813 | 72.5% |
| Robbery | 257 | 133 | 51.8% |
| Burglary | 1,570 | 455 | 29.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 17,058 | 5,636 | 33.0% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1,219 | 434 | 35.6% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Maine city reports
- Bangor safety report: #1 of 3, population 31,663, score 59.31, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Portland safety report: #2 of 3, population 68,505, score 56.06, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Lewiston safety report: #3 of 3, population 37,886, score 54.6, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Maine reporting agencies recorded 1,671 larceny-theft offenses in Jul 2025 versus 1,139 in Dec 2025, a difference of 532 reports; 58 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 57 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 17,058 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Maine reporting agencies recorded 785 simple assault offenses in Aug 2025 versus 524 in Feb 2025, a difference of 261 reports; 38 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 41 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 8,129 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Maine reporting agencies recorded 829 intimidation offenses in Jul 2025 versus 498 in Dec 2025, a difference of 331 reports; 115 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 113 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 8,129 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Maine reporting agencies recorded 27 cleared homicide offenses against 26 reports received in 2025 (103.8%), compared with 455 cleared burglary offenses against 1,570 reports (29.0%), a 74.8-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Bangor, Maine records 59.31 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 2.65 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 56.66; its reporting population of 31,663 residents accounts for 22.9% of the 138,054 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Lewiston, Maine records 54.6 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 2.06 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 56.66; its reporting population of 37,886 residents accounts for 27.4% of the 138,054 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Portland, Maine records 56.06 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 0.60 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 56.66; its reporting population of 68,505 residents accounts for 49.6% of the 138,054 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Maine reporting-agency sums contain 17,058 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 20,343 in 2024, 3,285 reports (16.1%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 57 to 62 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Maine reporting-agency sums contain 8,129 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 8,646 in 2024, 517 reports (6.0%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 37 to 42 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Maine reporting-agency sums contain 5,694 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 6,754 in 2024, 1,060 reports (15.7%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 40 to 44 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Maine directory
The scoring run contains 94 reportable jurisdictions in Maine. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Bangor has the highest adjusted score at 59.31, and Lewiston has the lowest at 54.6. The public-cohort range is 4.71 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 3 decreasing, 0 stable, and 0 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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