Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Augusta, ME Crime Grade
How Augusta grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Maine — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maine
8/10
vs. Maine cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Augusta, ME was 218.4 per 100,000 residents (42 incidents over a population of 19,229). That puts Augusta 33% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 135% above the Maine statewide rate of 93.1.
That ranks Augusta #2,183 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 42% of them, and #16 of 21 in Maine. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 30% over the last five years.
Augusta, ME crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Maine Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 218.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,183 of 3,771
- ME rank
- #16 of 21
- Safer than
- 42% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 30%
- Population
- 19,229
- Reporting agency
- Augusta Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Augusta Police Department (FBI ORI ME0060100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Augusta, ME
Also known as
- The Fort
- Koussinock
- Cushnoc
- Herringtown
- Harrington
- Cusinock
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Augusta (red), Maine (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Augusta vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 309.9(58) | 468.1(89) | 287.3(55) | 260.9(50) | 218.4(42) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 10.4(2) | 5.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 96.2(18) | 89.4(17) | 36.6(7) | 135.7(26) | 88.4(17) |
| Robbery | 58.8(11) | 26.3(5) | 67.9(13) | 10.4(2) | 41.6(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 155.0(29) | 352.4(67) | 172.4(33) | 109.6(21) | 88.4(17) |
| Property crime | 3035.3(568) | 3913.1(744) | 4293.8(822) | 4122.3(790) | 3468.7(667) |
| Burglary | 331.3(62) | 257.7(49) | 323.9(62) | 234.8(45) | 275.6(53) |
| Larceny | 2517.0(471) | 3339.8(635) | 3698.3(708) | 3699.6(709) | 3063.1(589) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 181.7(34) | 310.3(59) | 266.4(51) | 187.9(36) | 124.8(24) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Augusta, ME Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Augusta Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Augusta calculated?
- Augusta's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Maine state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Maine cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Augusta Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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