Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Kennebunk, ME Crime Grade
How Kennebunk 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maine
2/10
vs. Maine cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Kennebunk, ME was 41.1 per 100,000 residents (5 incidents over a population of 12,151). That puts Kennebunk 87% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 56% below the Maine statewide rate of 93.1.
That ranks Kennebunk #370 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 90% of them, and #4 of 21 in Maine. Violent crime is down 38% year over year and down 19% over the last five years.
Kennebunk, ME crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Maine Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 41.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #370 of 3,771
- ME rank
- #4 of 21
- Safer than
- 90% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 38%
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 12,151
- Reporting agency
- Kennebunk Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Kennebunk Police Department (FBI ORI ME0160800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Kennebunk (red), Maine (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Kennebunk 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 | 50.9(6) | 25.4(3) | 59.0(7) | 66.4(8) | 41.1(5) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 42.4(5) | 16.9(2) | 59.0(7) | 41.5(5) | 16.5(2) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 8.5(1) | 8.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 24.9(3) | 16.5(2) |
| Property crime | 449.2(53) | 533.7(63) | 404.6(48) | 639.5(77) | 576.1(70) |
| Burglary | 8.5(1) | 93.2(11) | 50.6(6) | 8.3(1) | 49.4(6) |
| Larceny | 432.2(51) | 432.1(51) | 345.6(41) | 589.7(71) | 518.5(63) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 8.5(1) | 8.5(1) | 8.4(1) | 33.2(4) | 8.2(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Kennebunk, 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 Kennebunk 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 Kennebunk calculated?
- Kennebunk'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 Kennebunk 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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