ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 04950

Somerset County, Maine: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-07-13

733
Property rate /100K (county): 4,738
Population (ZIP): 73
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 04950 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 04950 sits within Somerset County, ME, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Reported crime here runs well below the national average: 73 violent incidents and 733 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024, per county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 04950 is the largest ZIP in Somerset County by population, 4,738 residents (#3 of 25 county ZIPs), across 51.88 square miles (91/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Somerset County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Somerset County crime page linked below.

ZIP 04950 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Somerset County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 04950?

Within the participating-agency records for Somerset County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 79% below and property crime is 57% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 04950. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 04950 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#3 of 25). Its 4,738 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

County Property Rate /100K

733

ZIP Population

4,738

County Violent Rate /100K

Land Area

51.88 sq mi

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the crime rate for ZIP code 04950? ▼

ZIP 04950 (Somerset County, ME) doesn't have its own FBI crime figure, ZIP codes aren't law-enforcement jurisdictions. The containing county reported 73 violent incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024, below the national average.

What county is ZIP code 04950 in? ▼

ZIP code 04950 is located in Somerset County, ME.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

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Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program County UCR via ZIP-to-county crosswalk ZIP 04950 inherits county-level FBI UCR figures for Somerset County, ME.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.