Crime rates for South Portland, ME

The crime rate in South Portland is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 48 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 South Portland is 1 in 21. Based on FBI crime data, South Portland is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Maine, South Portland has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare South Portland to other cities of similar population, the South Portland crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how South Portland 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 South Portland 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 South Portland.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that South Portland'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 South Portland is one in 777.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that South Portland's rate for property crime is 47 per one thousand population. This makes South Portland a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in South Portland is one in 21.