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Farmington, ME crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Farmington has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Farmington is 1 in 81. How does Farmington fare compared to other communities in Maine of all population sizes? Farmington's crime rate is lower than approximately 17% of Maine communities.

How does the crime rate in Farmington compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Farmington with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Farmington's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Farmington 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 Farmington.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Farmington'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, rape (not statutory), 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 Farmington is one in 1024.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Farmington's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Farmington 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 Farmington is one in 88.

Farmington Crime Data

total Crime Index

40

(100 is safest)


Safer than 40% of U.S. cities.

Farmington Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

8

93

101

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.98

11.35

12.33

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.98
1.03
National Median: 4
    Farmington
    Maine

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,024

in Farmington

1 in 968

in Maine

Farmington Violent Crimes

Population: 8,193
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 4 0 4
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.49 0.00 0.49

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
11.35
12.13
National Median: 20
    Farmington
    Maine

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 88

in Farmington

1 in 82

in Maine

Property Crimes

Population: 8,193
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 8 80 5
Rate per 1,000 0.98 9.76 0.61

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Farmington Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
2
2
National Median: 27.0
    Farmington
    Maine