Hallowell, ME FBI UCR crime rates and PlainCrime safety grade
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hallowell, ME shows violent crime at 0 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 570.6 per 100,000. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A+ safety grade
0/100K violent
570.6/100K property
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hallowell, ME
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Hallowell reported 0 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,629. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 42.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024 (-100.0%). The highest observed value was 114.8 in 2023 and the lowest 0.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Hallowell reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Maine cities
At 0.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hallowell ranks 81 of 101 — above 0 of the 100 other Maine cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -100.0% against the cohort median of 58.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Hallowell's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Maine cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hallowell's 0.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ashland (0.0), Belfast (0.0), Camden (0.0), Carrabassett Valley (0.0). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 66.7% of reported property offenses in Hallowell, against a cohort median of 85.1%. The remainder is burglary (2) and motor vehicle theft (3). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 0.0% of the 15 Part I offenses reported in Hallowell for 2024, against a median of 5.7% across comparable Maine cities — a gap of 5.7 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Hallowell's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 0 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,629. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Hallowell's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.9 Census sq mi, Hallowell logged 2.6 property and 0 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Hallowell's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 15 offenses; mix index 5,022).
Violent offenses are only 0% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-100%
114.8 → 0/100K
Property Crime Rate
+86.3%
306.2 → 570.6/100K
Property offenses lead Hallowell's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
15
570.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
10
380.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
114.1
-
Burglary
2
76.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
0
0
352
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Aggravated Assault
0
0
-
Hallowell Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Hallowell property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
570.6/100K↑86.3%vs 2023
Hallowell violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
0/100K↓100%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
2,382
42
797.6
20
2021
Comparable
2,386
0
461
11
2022
Comparable
2,579
38.8
659.2
18
2023
Comparable
2,613
114.8
306.2
11
2024
Comparable
2,629
0
570.6
15
Hallowell Police Department
Reporting agency for Hallowell NIBRS-participating
Hallowell Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Hallowell's 15 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Maine
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Maine cities closest to Hallowell in population. Their populations run from 2,108 to 3,143, against 2,629 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Hallowell reported 0 violent crimes and 15 property crimes, for a total of 15 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hallowell?
From 2023 to 2024, Hallowell's violent crime rate decreased by 100%, and the property crime rate increased by 86.3%.
What is the most common crime in Hallowell?
The most common crime type in Hallowell is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.7% of all reported crimes (10 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Hallowell is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Hallowell, ME rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.