County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led

Androscoggin County, ME

At 111,139 residents, Androscoggin County is a large county in Maine. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).

Data updated 2026-08-24

131
Property offenses
25
Violent offenses
156
Total · 2024

Androscoggin County, ME reported 23 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Androscoggin County, ME agencies reported 25 violent and 131 property offenses. That equals about 23 violent and 118 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 25 violent offenses
  • 23/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Androscoggin County, ME

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Androscoggin County reported 25 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 111,139. 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.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 16.0% of the 156 Part I offenses reported in Androscoggin County for 2024, against a median of 9.9% across comparable Maine counties — a gap of 6.2 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.

Position in the state cohort

Androscoggin County sits mid-pack among comparable Maine counties

At 22.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Androscoggin County ranks 7 of 16 — above 9 of the 15 other Maine counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +14.2% against the cohort median of 19.7. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Property-offense composition

Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort

Larceny-theft is 80.2% of reported property offenses in Androscoggin County, against a cohort median of 71.4%. The remainder is burglary (13) and motor vehicle theft (13). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 20.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 22.5 in 2024 (+8.7%). The highest observed value was 22.5 in 2024 and the lowest 18.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county

Category Count
Property Crime 131
Burglary 13
Larceny-Theft 105
Motor Vehicle Theft 13
Arson 0
Violent Crime 25
Murder 0
Rape 14
Robbery 2
Aggravated Assault 9

Reporting Agency

Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Androscoggin County's crime figures on this page originate from Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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 Counties in Maine

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Maine counties closest to Androscoggin County in population. Their populations run from 55,478 to 152,199, against 111,139 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Androscoggin County

Similar violent rate (~23/100K)

Similar property rate (~118/100K)

ZIP Codes in Androscoggin County

State atlas: Maine · Compare · Rankings

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.

FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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