Safest Cities in Maine

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Maine

Maine's 21 safest cities for 2024 rank from Gorham (violent crime rate 21.8/100K) at the top of the list to Biddeford (violent crime rate 313.8/100K) at the bottom of this top-21 selection. Rankings are drawn directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions and include only cities with reporting populations of 10,000 or more residents, which keeps per-capita rate calculations statistically stable. The average violent crime rate across these 21 cities is 127.2 per 100,000 residents — well below the US national benchmark commonly cited in the 350–400 range.

At the top of the list, Gorham recorded 4 violent crimes and 73 property crimes against a reporting population of 18,344 in 2024. That works out to a property crime rate of 398 per 100,000 residents alongside the 21.8/100K violent rate — both well below typical US municipal benchmarks. The top five safest Maine cities on this list are Gorham, Orono, York, Kittery, Falmouth, each submitting Part I offense counts to the FBI UCR Program for 2024.

Violent crime rate is used as the primary ranking metric because the four Part I violent offenses (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault) have higher reporting consistency than property offenses, which vary with local policing priorities and insurance-driven reporting. Maine cities that missed this list either fell below the 10,000-population threshold, had incomplete 2024 UCR submissions, or were consolidated into county agency totals rather than reporting individually. For context on how the FBI collects and publishes these statistics, consult the UCR Program documentation; agency participation is voluntary and coverage can shift from year to year.