Decision-support ranking comparing Maine cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biddeford Violent Crime has declined 27% since 2021. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Augusta Violent Crime has declined 9% since 2021. |
3.1 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Lewiston Violent Crime has declined 6% since 2021. |
2.9 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Portland Violent Crime has increased 26% since 2021. |
2.9 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Auburn Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
2.4 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Sanford Violent Crime has declined 9% since 2021. |
2.1 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Bangor Violent Crime has declined 13% since 2021. |
2.1 / 1k | → |
| 8 | Westbrook Violent Crime has increased 11% since 2021. |
2.0 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Winslow Violent Crime has declined 12% since 2021. |
1.5 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Old Orchard Beach Violent Crime has declined 52% since 2021. |
1.3 / 1k | → |
| 11 | Old Town Violent Crime moved up by 0.5 / 1k from 0.4 / 1k in 2021 to 0.9 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.9 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Freeport Violent Crime moved up by 0.7 / 1k from 0.1 / 1k in 2021 to 0.8 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.8 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Rockland Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
0.8 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Yarmouth Violent Crime moved up by 0.5 / 1k from 0.3 / 1k in 2021 to 0.8 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.8 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Brunswick Violent Crime has declined 27% since 2021. |
0.8 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Saco Violent Crime has declined 60% since 2021. |
0.8 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Scarborough Violent Crime moved up by 0.3 / 1k from 0.4 / 1k in 2021 to 0.7 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.7 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Bath Violent Crime has declined 50% since 2021. |
0.6 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Hampden Violent Crime moved up by 0.2 / 1k from 0.4 / 1k in 2021 to 0.6 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.6 / 1k | → |
| 20 | South Portland Violent Crime has declined 74% since 2021. |
0.6 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Brewer Violent Crime has declined 55% since 2021. |
0.5 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Kittery Violent Crime moved down by 0.2 / 1k from 0.7 / 1k in 2021 to 0.5 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.5 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Orono Violent Crime moved up by 0.1 / 1k from 0.3 / 1k in 2021 to 0.4 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.4 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Gorham Violent Crime moved down by 0.2 / 1k from 0.4 / 1k in 2021 to 0.2 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
0.2 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported Maine cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.