Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Westbrook, ME Crime Grade
How Westbrook 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maine
7/10
vs. Maine cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Westbrook, ME was 147.9 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 21,633). That puts Westbrook 55% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 59% above the Maine statewide rate of 93.1.
That ranks Westbrook #1,611 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 57% of them, and #13 of 21 in Maine. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Westbrook, ME crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Maine Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 147.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,611 of 3,771
- ME rank
- #13 of 21
- Safer than
- 57% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 21,633
- Reporting agency
- Westbrook Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Westbrook Police Department (FBI ORI ME0030800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Westbrook, ME
Also known as
- Saccarrappa
- Saccarabigg
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. Westbrook (red), Maine (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Westbrook 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 | 149.1(29) | 178.4(37) | 192.7(40) | 174.7(36) | 147.9(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 14.5(3) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.7(5) | 38.6(8) | 48.2(10) | 34.0(7) | 50.8(11) |
| Robbery | 30.8(6) | 38.6(8) | 38.5(8) | 34.0(7) | 13.9(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 92.5(18) | 101.2(21) | 91.6(19) | 101.9(21) | 83.2(18) |
| Property crime | 1069.4(208) | 1055.9(219) | 1117.9(232) | 1164.6(240) | 1266.6(274) |
| Burglary | 97.7(19) | 139.8(29) | 72.3(15) | 116.5(24) | 32.4(7) |
| Larceny | 874.0(170) | 805.2(167) | 939.6(195) | 941.4(194) | 1146.4(248) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 97.7(19) | 110.9(23) | 101.2(21) | 101.9(21) | 83.2(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Westbrook, 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 Westbrook 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 Westbrook calculated?
- Westbrook'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 Westbrook 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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