Center Meeting House and Common · Photo: Tim Pierce · CC BY-SA 3.0Oxford records less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Taking everything together, Oxford scores C− (#76 of 78 graded towns in Maine): more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. On top of that, its 3 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Typical years here bring 0.7 violent crime plus 35.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 1.1 plus 13.5 in the rest of Maine.
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 Oxford
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Maine towns on Oxford’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Paris (B), Mechanic Falls (B), Norway (B). Hebron, Otisfield and Poland have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Maine towns, lower
Maine’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Oxford’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 3% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 18% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Oxford’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Oxford’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Oxford | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Oxford’s police reported 9 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Oxford 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 fewer than 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 | Oxford property | Rest of Maine property | Oxford violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.0 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 35.8 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 36.3 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Maine.
162 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.
1 violent and 161 property, as reported to the FBI by Oxford’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Oxford’s roads in 2019–2023
Oxford had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
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 Oxford’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Oxford’s own rate (18.5) 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.
Oxford and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hebron, Otisfield and Poland have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | C− | 0.7 | 35.7 |
| Monmouth | A+ | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Fort Kent | A | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| Dover-Foxcroft | A | 0.2 | 5.1 |
| Wiscasset | B+ | 1.3 | 7.9 |
| Jay | B | 1.8 | 9.1 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Oxford’s population (4,449), 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 Oxford. 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 Oxford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,441 in 2025); our figure for Oxford is 4,449 (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 Oxford
Is Oxford, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Oxford reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #76 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 0.7 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 Oxford?
0.7 violent and 35.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maine reports 1.1 and 13.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Oxford safer than Paris?
Paris reports less crime per resident than Oxford: Paris grades B for safety and Oxford C−. Paris’s police reported 1.1 violent and 9.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Oxford?
Oxford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Oxford”. 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.