Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Reported crime per resident in Presque Isle fell 43% from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime here is higher than in 61% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 82%. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Presque Isle at C (#72 of 78 graded towns in Maine): more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns. On top of that, each year brought 2.2 violent crimes and 22.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (1.1 and 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 Presque Isle
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Maine towns on Presque Isle’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Fort Fairfield (B+). Easton has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Caribou reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Maine towns, lower
Maine’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Presque Isle’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 8% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 26% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Presque Isle is home to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, with 1,020 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 6% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Presque Isle has 6,504 jobs based in town for 8,694 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Presque Isle’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Presque Isle property | Rest of Maine property | Presque Isle violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.4 | 15.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 29.8 | 13.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 21.8 | 14.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 15.7 | 12.0 | 2.3 | 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 | Presque Isle | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Presque Isle’s police reported 57 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 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 Presque Isle 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.
157 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.
20 violent and 137 property, as reported to the FBI by Presque Isle’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Presque Isle’s roads in 2019–2023
Presque Isle had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Presque Isle’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Presque Isle’s own rate (6.9) 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.
Presque Isle and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle | C | 2.2 | 22.4 |
| Fort Fairfield | B+ | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Easton | — | — | — |
| Caribou | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Easton has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Caribou reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle | C | 2.2 | 22.4 |
| Cumberland | A+ | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Buxton | A− | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| Bath | A− | 0.4 | 8.2 |
| Freeport | B+ | 0.4 | 10.5 |
| Ellsworth | C | 1.7 | 23.8 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Presque Isle’s population (8,694), 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 Presque Isle. 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 Presque Isle’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,717 in 2025); our figure for Presque Isle is 8,694 (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 Presque Isle
Is Presque Isle, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Presque Isle reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #72 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 2.2 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 Presque Isle?
2.2 violent and 22.4 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 Presque Isle safer than Fort Fairfield?
Fort Fairfield reports less crime per resident than Presque Isle: Fort Fairfield grades B+ for safety and Presque Isle C. Fort Fairfield’s police reported 1.7 violent and 5.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Presque Isle?
Presque Isle’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Presque Isle”. 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.