Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lewiston, ME Crime Grade
How Lewiston 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maine
10/10
vs. Maine cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lewiston, ME was 242.3 per 100,000 residents (95 incidents over a population of 39,202). That puts Lewiston Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 160% above the Maine statewide rate of 93.1.
That ranks Lewiston #2,334 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 38% of them, and #20 of 21 in Maine. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 10% over the last five years.
Lewiston, ME crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Maine Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 242.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,334 of 3,771
- ME rank
- #20 of 21
- Safer than
- 38% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 10%
- Population
- 39,202
- Reporting agency
- Lewiston Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lewiston Police Department (FBI ORI ME0010200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lewiston (red), Maine (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lewiston 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 | 268.0(97) | 274.1(100) | 321.4(126) | 244.5(95) | 242.3(95) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.2(3) | 51.0(20) | 2.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 77.4(28) | 71.3(26) | 58.7(23) | 66.9(26) | 71.4(28) |
| Robbery | 41.4(15) | 68.5(25) | 56.1(22) | 59.2(23) | 40.8(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 149.2(54) | 126.1(46) | 155.6(61) | 115.8(45) | 130.1(51) |
| Property crime | 1644.1(595) | 1962.3(716) | 1696.0(665) | 1616.5(628) | 1395.3(547) |
| Burglary | 215.5(78) | 260.4(95) | 196.4(77) | 167.3(65) | 137.7(54) |
| Larceny | 1326.3(480) | 1573.1(574) | 1369.6(537) | 1302.4(506) | 1122.4(440) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 93.9(34) | 104.1(38) | 125.0(49) | 128.7(50) | 107.1(42) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lewiston, 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 Lewiston 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 Lewiston calculated?
- Lewiston'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 Lewiston 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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