Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Scarborough, ME Crime Grade
How Scarborough 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maine
5/10
vs. Maine cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Scarborough, ME was 57.2 per 100,000 residents (14 incidents over a population of 24,473). That puts Scarborough 82% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 39% below the Maine statewide rate of 93.1.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Scarborough (red), Maine (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Scarborough 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 | 32.1(7) | 69.8(16) | 59.0(14) | 62.1(15) | 57.2(14) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 9.2(2) | 26.2(6) | 8.4(2) | 12.4(3) | 16.3(4) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 8.7(2) | 12.6(3) | 4.1(1) | 4.1(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 22.9(5) | 34.9(8) | 37.9(9) | 45.6(11) | 36.8(9) |
| Property crime | 1568.1(342) | 1597.3(366) | 1302.6(309) | 1064.3(257) | 784.5(192) |
| Burglary | 91.7(20) | 130.9(30) | 101.2(24) | 91.1(22) | 40.9(10) |
| Larceny | 1462.6(319) | 1440.2(330) | 1171.9(278) | 869.7(210) | 653.8(160) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 13.8(3) | 26.2(6) | 29.5(7) | 103.5(25) | 85.8(21) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Scarborough's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Maine cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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