Photo: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime in Farmington sits close to the middle of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 1.3 violent crimes and 13.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 1.1 and 13.6 in the rest of Maine. Weighing it all, Farmington earns B− for safety (#61 of 78 graded towns in Maine), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. It has less violent crime than 59% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 42%.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of ME” is every other Maine city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Farmington
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Maine towns on Farmington’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Wilton (B+). Chesterville, New Sharon and Strong have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Maine towns, closer to the middle
Maine’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Farmington’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 22% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 50% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Farmington is home to the University of Maine at Farmington, with 1,497 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 21% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Farmington’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Farmington’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Farmington | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Farmington’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Farmington per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Farmington property | Rest of Maine property | Farmington violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.4 | 15.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Maine.
110 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
9 violent and 101 property, as reported to the FBI by Farmington’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Farmington’s roads in 2019–2023
Farmington had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Maine towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Farmington’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Farmington’s own rate (4.9) 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.
Farmington and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Chesterville | — | — | — |
| New Sharon | — | — | — |
| Strong | — | — | — |
| Wilton | B+ | 1.6 | 6.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Chesterville, New Sharon and Strong have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Hampden | A | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| South Berwick | A | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Buxton | A− | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| Berwick | B+ | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Winslow | B+ | 1.1 | 8.7 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Farmington’s population (8,258), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Farmington. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Farmington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,516 in 2025); our figure for Farmington is 8,258 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Farmington
Is Farmington, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Farmington reports less crime per resident than 50% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #61 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 1.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Farmington?
1.3 violent and 13.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maine reports 1.1 and 13.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Farmington safer than Wilton?
Wilton reports less crime per resident than Farmington: Wilton grades B+ for safety and Farmington B−. Wilton’s police reported 1.6 violent and 6.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Farmington?
Farmington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Farmington”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.