ZIP Code 04274

Is ZIP code 04274 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 04274 sits within Androscoggin County, ME. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Androscoggin County reported a violent-crime rate of 23 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 118 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

Based on just 25 reported violent incidents across a county population of 111,139, this count is too low to support a reliable per-100K rate comparison. It may reflect a genuinely low-crime county, or it may reflect incomplete agency-level reporting to the FBI UCR Program for this county and year, small county-level counts are common in FBI Table 10 and should be treated as a data point, not a precise safety ranking.

ZIP 04274 carries a Census-reported population of 5,883, ranking #4 of 14 ZIPs in Androscoggin County, spread across 42.23 square miles (about 139 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Androscoggin County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Androscoggin County crime page linked below.

ZIP 04274 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Androscoggin County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.