Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wells, ME Crime Grade
How Wells 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 Wells, ME was 57.9 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 12,091). That puts Wells 82% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 38% below the Maine statewide rate of 93.1.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Wells (red), Maine (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wells 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 | 109.6(12) | 68.0(8) | 50.3(6) | 83.1(10) | 57.9(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 45.7(5) | 17.0(2) | 33.5(4) | 33.3(4) | 41.4(5) |
| Robbery | 9.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 54.8(6) | 42.5(5) | 16.8(2) | 49.9(6) | 16.5(2) |
| Property crime | 958.9(105) | 807.8(95) | 914.0(109) | 723.4(87) | 851.9(103) |
| Burglary | 100.5(11) | 51.0(6) | 58.7(7) | 33.3(4) | 33.1(4) |
| Larceny | 785.4(86) | 705.8(83) | 830.1(99) | 631.9(76) | 744.4(90) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 73.1(8) | 51.0(6) | 25.2(3) | 58.2(7) | 74.4(9) |
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: Wells'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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