Public Safety

Crime in Maine, measured against the country. Maine's violent crime rate was about 95 per 100,000 in 2025 — under a third of the U.S. rate of 329.

violent crimes per 100k, 2025

Violent crime

Violent crime rate

Offenses per 100,000 people — Maine vs. the U.S.

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Violent crime rate — data table
Year	Maine	Us
2,010	122.1	408.1
2,011	123.3	390.1
2,012	122.3	390.7
2,013	125.4	378.2
2,014	120.6	373.7
2,015	123.5	384.6
2,016	123.7	399.5
2,017	120.5	397.5
2,018	112.1	384.8
2,019	116.4	381
2,020	110.3	399.1
2,021	113.7	361.7
2,022	106	398.2
2,023	104.4	386.1
2,024	102.6	364
2,025	94.7	328.5

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer

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Violent offenses by type

Reported offenses in Maine, 2025

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer

Violent offenses by type over time

Reported violent offenses in Maine each year, by type

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Violent offenses by type over time — data table
Year	Homicide	Rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault
2,010	24	390	412	796
2,011	26	393	370	848
2,012	26	372	420	808
2,013	24	398	335	909
2,014	21	390	304	889
2,015	23	377	311	931
2,016	20	411	268	948
2,017	23	470	249	868
2,018	23	447	228	802
2,019	23	520	193	829
2,020	23	502	170	794
2,021	20	529	160	851
2,022	29	460	141	837
2,023	62	435	164	797
2,024	33	465	155	779
2,025	20	397	155	749

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer

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Property crime

Property crime rate

Offenses per 100,000 people — Maine vs. the U.S.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer

Property offenses by type

Reported offenses in Maine, 2025

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer

Property offenses by type over time

Reported property offenses in Maine each year, by type

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Property offenses by type over time — data table
Year	Burglary	Larceny	Motor vehicle theft
2,010	7,379	24,578	990
2,011	7,865	24,886	1,078
2,012	7,477	24,926	991
2,013	6,483	23,064	911
2,014	5,035	20,591	801
2,015	4,694	18,853	814
2,016	4,003	17,118	773
2,017	3,337	16,012	793
2,018	2,712	14,711	777
2,019	2,361	13,707	729
2,020	2,030	12,789	867
2,021	1,813	12,990	901
2,022	1,611	14,311	996
2,023	1,564	13,128	1,117
2,024	1,394	13,448	1,136
2,025	1,104	11,271	834

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer

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Traffic safety

Traffic fatalities

People killed in motor-vehicle crashes on Maine roads, by year

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Traffic fatalities — data table
Year	Killed
2,000	192
2,001	181
2,002	169
2,003	192
2,004	216
2,005	207
2,006	194
2,007	169
2,008	188
2,009	183
2,010	155
2,011	159
2,012	161
2,013	136
2,014	164
2,015	144
2,016	131
2,017	156
2,018	160
2,019	173
2,020	136
2,021	157
2,022	164
2,023	153

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Source: MaineDOT, Crash & Highway Facts

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Reported crashes

All reported motor-vehicle crashes statewide, by year

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Reported crashes — data table
Year	Crashes
2,000	39,042
2,001	37,257
2,002	37,502
2,003	36,768
2,004	35,577
2,005	35,189
2,006	35,254
2,007	32,110
2,008	33,093
2,009	31,552
2,010	28,716
2,011	27,650
2,012	28,658
2,013	28,481
2,014	30,459
2,015	31,812
2,016	32,849
2,017	33,291
2,018	34,977
2,019	35,232
2,020	35,249
2,021	28,758
2,022	32,649
2,023	34,000

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Source: MaineDOT, Crash & Highway Facts

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Wildlife–vehicle collisions

Reported collisions with animals, by year — deer dominate, plus ~250 moose a year

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Wildlife–vehicle collisions — data table
Year	Deer	Moose	Other
2,019	5,473	255	288
2,020	5,347	261	229
2,021	6,003	293	227
2,022	6,701	218	280
2,023	6,221	220	262

Source: MaineDOT, Collisions Between Wildlife & Motor Vehicles

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Crime rates are reported offenses per 100,000 population, from the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (UCR/NIBRS); counts reflect agencies reporting in a given year, and coverage plus the move to NIBRS can cause small breaks in the series. The U.S. rate is shown for context. The most recent year (2025) is preliminary and may be revised when the FBI publishes its finalized annual figures. Traffic-safety figures come from a separate source — MaineDOT’s Crash & Highway Facts — and are not combined with the FBI crime data in any chart above; each chart is labeled with its own source.