Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0What is recorded in Pittsfield, and why there is no grade
Within 10 miles, Clinton is the one town with a Safety Grade. Pittsfield’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. Widen the search to 25 miles and 7 graded towns turn up.
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Pittsfield’s police reported
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| Year | Pittsfield | Rest of Maine | Pittsfield | Rest of Maine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 | 15.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 7.9 | 14.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | not reported | 12.0 | not reported | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
46 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
1 violent and 45 property, as reported to the FBI by Pittsfield’s police.
The nearest Maine towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Pittsfield. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pittsfield.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Pittsfield’s roads in 2019–2023
Pittsfield had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. 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 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (8.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Pittsfield’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pittsfield’s own rate (10.2) 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.
Pittsfield and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Burnham, Hartland, Canaan and Palmyra have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Pittsfield. 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 Pittsfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,939 in 2024); our figure for Pittsfield is 3,935 (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 Pittsfield
Is Pittsfield, ME safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Pittsfield. The nearest Maine towns with a grade are Clinton (A, 9 mi), Newport (B, 12 mi), Fairfield (B−, 14 mi).
Who polices Pittsfield?
Pittsfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pittsfield”. 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.