What is the crime rate in Sanford, ME?

In 2025, the Sanford Police Department reported 43 violent crimes and 526 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 190 violent and 2,324 property crimes per 100,000 of the 22,630 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: 190
Property per 100,000: 2,324
Violent crimes: 43
Property crimes: 526

Crime reported by the Sanford 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	41	183	574	2,561	22,416
2024	35	157	599	2,681	22,345
2025	43	190	526	2,324	22,630

Violent crimes reported went from 41 in 2023 to 43 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 574 in 2023 to 526 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.

Sanford against Maine and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sanford	190	2,324
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 Sanford, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sanford	—	190	2,324
North Berwick	5.1 mi	56	281
Berwick	9.6 mi	83	582
Wells	10 mi	58	852
Kennebunk	11 mi	49	584
Milton	13 mi	152	762
South Berwick	13 mi	51	379
Somersworth	13 mi	114	1,637
Rochester	14 mi	106	1,235

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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