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Safety in Phippsburg · Not graded

Crime reported in Phippsburg, ME

Phippsburg’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
1
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
12 mi
Boothbay Harbor (A)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 1 property crime reported

And no violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (0.5)Violent crime (0)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Phippsburg0.0
Rest of ME1.1
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Phippsburg0.5
Rest of ME14.6
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Phippsburg’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Maine. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearPhippsburgRest of MainePhippsburgRest of Maine
2022not reported15.5not reported1.2
20230.514.10.51.2
20240.514.60.01.1
2025not reported12.0not reported1.1

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

1 crime reported in 2024

0 violent and 1 property, as reported to the FBI by Phippsburg’s police.

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft1
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
1
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Maine towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Boothbay HarborA12 mi0.64.0
BrunswickB13 mi0.810.4
BathA−13 mi0.48.2
FreeportB+15 mi0.410.5
YarmouthA17 mi0.63.6
TopshamB+17 mi0.311.2

Straight-line distance from the center of Phippsburg. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Phippsburg.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Phippsburg’s roads in 2019–2023

Phippsburg had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person 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 Phippsburg’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Phippsburg’s own rate (8.9) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
8.9
per 100,000 a year · Maine towns of 2,500–5,000: 8.4

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.

Next door

Phippsburg and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
West Bath———
Georgetown———
BathA−0.48.2
Harpswell———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. West Bath, Georgetown and Harpswell have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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 Phippsburg. 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 Phippsburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,222 in 2024); our figure for Phippsburg is 2,232 (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 Phippsburg

Is Phippsburg, ME safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Phippsburg. Phippsburg’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Maine towns with a grade are Boothbay Harbor (A, 12 mi), Brunswick (B, 13 mi), Bath (A−, 13 mi).

Who polices Phippsburg?

Phippsburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Phippsburg”. 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, 2024, 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.