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Oakland, 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 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 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

According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Oakland is safer than 64% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In Maine, only on the order of 60% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Oakland. If you live in Oakland, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 139. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 43.

Compared to other communities of similar population size, Oakland has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Oakland is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

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

For Oakland, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Oakland than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2087, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Oakland; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Oakland Crime Data

total Crime Index

64

(100 is safest)


Safer than 64% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Oakland Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

3

42

45

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.48

6.71

7.19

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.48
1.13
National Median: 4
    Oakland
    Maine

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,087

in Oakland

1 in 881

in Maine

Oakland Violent Crimes

Population: 6,260
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 2 0 1
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.32 0.00 0.16

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 22,941 144,285 202,155 943,774
Rate per 1,000 0.07 0.43 0.61 2.84

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
6.71
11.66
National Median: 19
    Oakland
    Maine

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 149

in Oakland

1 in 86

in Maine

Property Crimes

Population: 6,260
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 6 32 4
Rate per 1,000 0.96 5.11 0.64

United States Property Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,656 4,626,970 890,179
Rate per 1,000 2.71 13.94 2.68

Oakland Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
2
2
National Median: 26.8
    Oakland
    Maine