U.S. Inspection Station-Fort Fairfield, Maine · Photo: wbaron · CC BY-SA 3.0In Fort Fairfield, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 41% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Across all the graded crimes, Fort Fairfield lands on B+ (#41 of 78 graded towns in Maine): less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, in a usual year, 1.7 violent crimes and 5.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Maine, 1.1 and 13.6. It has less property crime than 80% of U.S. towns, but less violent crime than only 49%.
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 Fort Fairfield
Fort Fairfield reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Maine towns on Fort Fairfield’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Presque Isle (C). Limestone and Easton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Caribou reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Maine towns, closer to the middle
Maine’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Fort Fairfield’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 47% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 68% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fort Fairfield’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Fort Fairfield’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Fort Fairfield property | Rest of Maine property | Fort Fairfield violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.6 | 15.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 14.1 | 2.7 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 14.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Maine.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fort Fairfield | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fort Fairfield’s police reported 17 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 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 Fort Fairfield 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.
18 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.
3 violent and 15 property, as reported to the FBI by Fort Fairfield’s police.
No one died in a crash on Fort Fairfield’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what 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 Fort Fairfield’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fort Fairfield’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Fort Fairfield and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Fairfield | B+ | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Presque Isle | C | 2.2 | 22.4 |
| Limestone | — | — | — |
| Easton | — | — | — |
| Caribou | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Limestone and Easton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Caribou reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Fairfield | B+ | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Holden | A | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Clinton | A | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Mechanic Falls | B | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| Newport | B | 0.4 | 13.5 |
| Livermore Falls | C | 1.9 | 19.8 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Fort Fairfield’s population (3,285), 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 Fort Fairfield. 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 Fort Fairfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,286 in 2025); our figure for Fort Fairfield is 3,285 (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 Fort Fairfield
Is Fort Fairfield, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fort Fairfield reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #41 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 1.7 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 Fort Fairfield?
1.7 violent and 5.0 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 Fort Fairfield safer than Presque Isle?
Presque Isle reports more crime per resident than Fort Fairfield: Presque Isle grades C for safety and Fort Fairfield B+. Presque Isle’s police reported 2.2 violent and 22.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fort Fairfield?
Fort Fairfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fort Fairfield”. 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.