What is the crime rate in Scarborough, ME?

In 2025, the Scarborough Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 198 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 61 violent and 809 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,473 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: 61
Property per 100,000: 809
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 198

Crime reported by the Scarborough 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	15	63	309	1,303	23,722
2024	15	62	257	1,064	24,147
2025	15	61	198	809	24,473

Violent crimes reported went from 15 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 309 in 2023 to 198 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.

Scarborough against Maine and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Scarborough	61	809
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 Scarborough, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Scarborough	—	61	809
Old Orchard Beach	2.8 mi	157	868
South Portland	4.8 mi	55	1,085
Saco	5.2 mi	33	1,017
Cape Elizabeth	6.5 mi	51	175
Portland	8.6 mi	251	1,943
Westbrook	9.5 mi	157	1,267
Biddeford	9.6 mi	264	1,899
Gorham	11 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

The figures for Scarborough include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Dunstan, Oak Hill.

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