US Post Office-Old Town Main · Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/8181884923/ · CC BY-SA 2.0Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Old Town than in 94% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 26% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.2 violent crime and 10.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 1.2 and 13.6 in the rest of Maine. Weighing it all, Old Town earns B+ for safety (#38 of 78 graded towns in Maine), with less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025.
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 Town
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Maine towns on Old Town’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Orono (A+). Milford and Bradley 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 Old Town’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 69% 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 Town’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Old Town | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Old Town’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.2 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Old Town property | Rest of Maine property | Old Town violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.3 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 10.0 | 14.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 2025 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 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.
Crime in Old Town 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
74 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.
0 violent and 74 property, as reported to the FBI by Old Town’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Old Town’s roads in 2019–2023
Old Town had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Town’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Old Town’s own rate (5.4) 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 Town and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Milford and Bradley have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town | B+ | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| Eliot | A+ | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Hampden | A | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| South Berwick | A | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Winslow | B+ | 1.1 | 8.7 |
| Rockland | B− | 1.5 | 14.1 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Old Town’s population (7,589), 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 Town. 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 Town’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,531 in 2025); our figure for Old Town is 7,589 (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 Town
Is Old Town, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Old Town reports less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #38 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 0.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.2 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Old Town?
0.2 violent and 10.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maine reports 1.2 and 13.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Old Town safer than Orono?
Orono reports less crime per resident than Old Town: Orono grades A+ for safety and Old Town B+. Orono’s police reported 0.3 violent and 1.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Old Town?
Old Town’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Old Town”. 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.