Photo: Anewt72690 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime recorded in Blue Hill, and why it isn’t graded
Blue Hill has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The closest graded town is Ellsworth, 13 miles away, at C. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 6.
The nearest Maine towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth | C | 13 mi | 1.7 | 23.8 |
| Bar Harbor | A | 13 mi | 0.5 | 4.9 |
| Southwest Harbor | A− | 15 mi | 0.5 | 5.9 |
| Bucksport | A− | 20 mi | 0.6 | 7.1 |
| Gouldsboro | A+ | 22 mi | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Belfast | A− | 25 mi | 0.3 | 6.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Blue Hill. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Blue Hill.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on Blue Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Blue Hill had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
That is more than is typical for Maine towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (8.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Blue Hill’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Blue Hill’s own rate (35.5) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Blue Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surry | — | — | — |
| Mount Desert | — | — | — |
| Sedgwick | — | — | — |
| Tremont | — | — | — |
| Penobscot | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Surry, Mount Desert, Sedgwick, Tremont and Penobscot have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Blue Hill
Is Blue Hill, ME safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Blue Hill. The nearest Maine towns with a grade are Ellsworth (C, 13 mi), Bar Harbor (A, 13 mi), Southwest Harbor (A−, 15 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Blue Hill.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.