Crime rates for Bangor, ME

The crime rate in Bangor is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 56 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Bangor is 1 in 18. Based on FBI crime data, Bangor is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Maine, Bangor has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Bangor to other cities of similar population, the Bangor crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Bangor does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Bangor does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Bangor.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Bangor's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Bangor is one in 699.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Bangor is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Bangor, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 18, which is a rate of 55 per one thousand population.