What is the crime rate in Waterville, ME?

In 2025, the Waterville Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 458 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 91 violent and 2,617 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,503 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: 91
Property per 100,000: 2,617
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 458

Crime reported by the Waterville 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	34	215	553	3,494	15,826
2024	25	148	518	3,071	16,867
2025	16	91	458	2,617	17,503

Violent crimes reported went from 34 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 553 in 2023 to 458 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.

Waterville against Maine and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waterville	91	2,617
Kennebec County	79	1,224
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 Waterville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waterville	—	91	2,617
Oakland	4.2 mi	31	752
Winslow	4.4 mi	49	839
Clinton	10 mi	118	324
Augusta	15 mi	218	3,490
Skowhegan	15 mi	138	3,793

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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