What is the crime rate in Saco, ME?

In 2025, the Saco Police Department reported 7 violent crimes and 216 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 33 violent and 1,017 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,229 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: 33
Property per 100,000: 1,017
Violent crimes: 7
Property crimes: 216

Crime reported by the Saco 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	25	118	302	1,431	21,103
2024	18	85	234	1,107	21,144
2025	7	33	216	1,017	21,229

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 7 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 302 in 2023 to 216 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.

Saco against Maine and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Saco	33	1,017
York County	95	877
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 Saco, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Saco	—	33	1,017
Old Orchard Beach	3.2 mi	157	868
Scarborough	5.2 mi	61	809
Biddeford	6.3 mi	264	1,899
Buxton	9.6 mi	58	370
South Portland	9.8 mi	55	1,085
Kennebunkport	11 mi	54	376
Cape Elizabeth	11 mi	51	175
Gorham	12 mi	16	231

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

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