Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Portland, ME Crime Grade
How Portland 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
9/10
vs. Maine cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Portland, ME was 240.5 per 100,000 residents (168 incidents over a population of 69,840). That puts Portland Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 158% above the Maine statewide rate of 93.1.
That ranks Portland #2,325 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 38% of them, and #18 of 21 in Maine. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and up 2% over the last five years.
Portland, ME crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Maine Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 240.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,325 of 3,771
- ME rank
- #18 of 21
- Safer than
- 38% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- up 2%
- Population
- 69,840
- Reporting agency
- Portland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Portland Police Department (FBI ORI ME0030500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Portland, ME
Also known as
- Machegony
- The Neck
- Indigreat
- Falmouth Neck
- Quack
- Casco
- Uh-kos-is-co
- Elbow
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. Portland (red), Maine (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Portland 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 | 236.3(158) | 198.0(135) | 229.6(157) | 271.2(188) | 240.5(168) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.3(5) | 2.9(2) | 7.2(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 44.9(30) | 49.9(34) | 45.3(31) | 44.7(31) | 60.1(42) |
| Robbery | 29.9(20) | 24.9(17) | 38.0(26) | 50.5(35) | 47.3(33) |
| Aggravated assault | 161.5(108) | 115.8(79) | 143.3(98) | 168.8(117) | 133.2(93) |
| Property crime | 1824.3(1,220) | 1717.0(1,171) | 1760.5(1,204) | 2513.3(1,742) | 1920.1(1,341) |
| Burglary | 130.1(87) | 51.3(35) | 98.0(67) | 148.6(103) | 121.7(85) |
| Larceny | 1556.6(1,041) | 1501.5(1,024) | 1457.8(997) | 2191.6(1,519) | 1630.9(1,139) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 121.1(81) | 142.2(97) | 182.8(125) | 157.3(109) | 156.1(109) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Portland, 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 Portland 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 Portland calculated?
- Portland'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 Portland 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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