Safest Places to Live in Maine of March 2024

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Last Update: March 11, 2023 Living

Located in the United States’ northeastern region, Maine is the easternmost state. It borders New Hampshire, the Atlantic Ocean, and Canadian provinces New Brunswick and Quebec.

With over 1.3 million residents, it is the 9th least populous state. Maine’s capital is Augusta, while the largest city is Portland, which has approximately 67,000 residents. In 1820 Maine was admitted into the Union and officially became a state.

Maine is well known for its rocky coastline, low mountains, forests, and picturesque waterways. When it comes to food, the local specialty is seafood, especially clams and lobster.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 3,000 residents were not included in the list.

30 Safest Places in Maine of March 2024

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Newport3 26900,00
2Madawaska3 66200,00
3Fort Kent3 81600,00
4Camden4 82300,00
5Cumberland8 29500,00
6Cape Elizabeth9 35210,11
7Freeport8 59310,12
8Hampden7 35210,14
9Sabattus5 06410,20
10Lincoln4 88610,20
11Millinocket4 24110,24
12Monmouth4 13110,24
13Falmouth12 37830,24
14Pittsfield3 99910,25
15Dexter3 67110,27
16Fryeburg3 39810,29
17Rockport3 37810,30
18Fort Fairfield3 25610,31
19Brewer9 00030,33
20Yarmouth8 54030,35
21Bar Harbor7 68230,39
22Gorham17 81870,39
23Norway4 97920,40
24Bucksport4 92620,41
25North Berwick4 73120,42
26Belfast6 72030,45
27Bath8 30940,48
28Brunswick20 510100,49
29Dover-Foxcroft4 03320,50
30South Berwick7 56440,53

Crime Score in All Cities in Maine of March 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Maine cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

  • Under 3,000 Residents
  • 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
  • Over 10,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Winter Harbor51300,00
2Islesboro56500,00
3Ogunquit93100,00
4Rangeley1 14300,00
5Greenville1 59500,00
6Gouldsboro1 74500,00
7Thomaston2 76700,00
8East Millinocket2 91900,00
9Searsport2 64810,38
10Milo2 27010,44
11Phippsburg2 25910,44
12Damariscotta2 15110,46
13Southwest Harbor1 79510,56
14Milbridge1 25510,80
15Limestone2 20020,91
16Machias2 05520,97
17Van Buren1 97221,01
18Veazie1 81421,10
19Dixfield2 46531,22
20Carrabassett Valley77711,29
21Washburn1 53321,30
22Boothbay Harbor2 20431,36
23Ashland1 20621,66
24Mechanic Falls2 97351,68
25Hallowell2 37141,69
26Calais2 97362,02
27Mexico2 60562,30
28Eastport1 25132,40
29Baileyville1 4421510,40

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Newport3 26900,00
2Madawaska3 66200,00
3Fort Kent3 81600,00
4Camden4 82300,00
5Cumberland8 29500,00
6Cape Elizabeth9 35210,11
7Freeport8 59310,12
8Hampden7 35210,14
9Sabattus5 06410,20
10Lincoln4 88610,20
11Millinocket4 24110,24
12Monmouth4 13110,24
13Pittsfield3 99910,25
14Dexter3 67110,27
15Fryeburg3 39810,29
16Rockport3 37810,30
17Fort Fairfield3 25610,31
18Brewer9 00030,33
19Yarmouth8 54030,35
20Bar Harbor7 68230,39
21Norway4 97920,40
22Bucksport4 92620,41
23North Berwick4 73120,42
24Belfast6 72030,45
25Bath8 30940,48
26Dover-Foxcroft4 03320,50
27South Berwick7 56440,53
28Wiscasset3 69720,54
29Kennebunkport3 66020,55
30Rockland7 12840,56
31Topsham8 86350,56
32Richmond3 44020,58
33Waldoboro5 04130,60
34Berwick7 86050,64
35Gardiner5 64540,71
36Ellsworth8 08860,74
37Kittery9 89080,81
38Winthrop5 97950,84
39Winslow7 59870,92
40Holden3 08130,97
41Oxford4 10040,98
42Eliot6 81771,03
43Farmington7 60381,05
44Caribou7 54881,06
45Old Town7 41381,08
46Oakland6 29671,11
47Bridgton5 38861,11
48Lisbon8 975101,11
49Paris5 11261,17
50Buxton8 345121,44
51Jay4 58671,53
52Wilton3 92461,53
53Fairfield6 534111,68
54Presque Isle8 918232,58
55Old Orchard Beach8 946252,79
56Skowhegan8 214253,04
57Rumford5 670183,17
58Houlton5 720203,50
59Clinton3 329123,60
60Livermore Falls3 134165,11

Over 10,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Falmouth12 37830,24
2Gorham17 81870,39
3Brunswick20 510100,49
4Scarborough20 542110,54
5Windham18 627120,64
6Orono10 72270,65
7Kennebunk11 62280,69
8York13 231110,83
9Saco19 908211,05
10Bangor31 872351,10
11Wells10 670141,31
12Auburn23 214341,46
13Westbrook19 166341,77
14South Portland25 686481,87
15Sanford21 233411,93
16Waterville16 765372,21
17Portland66 4581612,42
18Augusta18 629492,63
19Lewiston35 8651072,98
20Biddeford21 545924,27

How safe do you feel?

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