Photo: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA · CC BY 2.0Old Orchard Beach sits near the middle of U.S. towns for recorded crime
The rate the grade counts dropped 30% from 2023 to 2025. Overall, Old Orchard Beach grades B for safety (#58 of 78 graded towns in Maine): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Old Orchard Beach’s police logs show 1.5 violent crimes and 10.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Maine the numbers are 1.1 and 13.6.
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 Old Orchard Beach
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Maine towns on Old Orchard Beach’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Scarborough (B+), Saco (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Maine towns, closer to the middle
Maine’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Old Orchard Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 26% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 55% 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 Old Orchard Beach’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Old Orchard Beach property | Rest of Maine property | Old Orchard Beach violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.2 | 15.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 14.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 8.6 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 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 | Old Orchard Beach | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Old Orchard Beach’s police reported 44 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 Old Orchard Beach 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
97 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.
15 violent and 82 property, as reported to the FBI by Old Orchard Beach’s police.
One person died in crashes on Old Orchard Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Old Orchard Beach had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Old Orchard Beach’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Old Orchard Beach’s own rate (2.2) 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.
Old Orchard Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Orchard Beach | B | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| Saco | B | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| Scarborough | B+ | 0.6 | 10.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Orchard Beach | B | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| Cape Elizabeth | A+ | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Yarmouth | A | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Lisbon | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Topsham | B+ | 0.3 | 11.2 |
| Brewer | B− | 0.3 | 18.9 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Old Orchard Beach’s population (9,533), 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 Old Orchard Beach. 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 Old Orchard Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,557 in 2025); our figure for Old Orchard Beach is 9,533 (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 Old Orchard Beach
Is Old Orchard Beach, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Old Orchard Beach reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #58 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 1.5 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 Old Orchard Beach?
1.5 violent and 10.5 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 Old Orchard Beach safer than Saco?
Saco reports less crime per resident than Old Orchard Beach: Saco grades B for safety and Old Orchard Beach B. Saco’s police reported 0.8 violent and 11.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Old Orchard Beach?
Old Orchard Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Old Orchard Beach”. 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.