What is the crime rate in Gorham, ME?

In 2025, the Gorham Police Department reported 3 violent crimes and 43 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 16 violent and 231 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,595 residents it serves.

Across Maine the rates were 95 and 961.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 16
Property per 100,000: 231
Violent crimes: 3
Property crimes: 43

Crime reported by the Gorham Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	4	23	72	411	17,506
2024	4	22	73	398	18,344
2025	3	16	43	231	18,595

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 3 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 43 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Gorham against Maine and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Gorham	16	231
Cumberland County	100	898
Maine	95	961
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Gorham, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Gorham	—	16	231
Westbrook	5.5 mi	157	1,267
Buxton	5.9 mi	58	370
Windham	7.1 mi	60	510
Falmouth	9.7 mi	31	399
South Portland	10 mi	55	1,085
Scarborough	11 mi	61	809
Cumberland	12 mi	0	78
Saco	12 mi	33	1,017

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

The figures for Gorham include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Gorham (community).

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