Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Rockland sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Rockland grades B− for safety (#63 of 78 graded towns in Maine): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Rockland
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Maine towns on Rockland’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Rockport (A−). Thomaston reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Owls Head, South Thomaston and Warren 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 Rockland’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 19% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Rockland has 5,093 jobs based in town for 7,142 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Rockland’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Rockland’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Rockland’s police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Rockland | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Maine.
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| Year | Rockland property | Rest of Maine property | Rockland violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.5 | 15.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 18.7 | 14.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
100 crimes reported in 2025
19 violent and 81 property, as reported to the FBI by Rockland’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Rockland’s roads in 2019–2023
Rockland had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two 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 Rockland’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rockland’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Rockland and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Thomaston reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Owls Head, South Thomaston and Warren have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Rockland. 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 Rockland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,088 in 2025); our figure for Rockland is 7,142 (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 Rockland
Is Rockland, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rockland reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #63 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 1.5 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 Rockland?
1.5 violent and 14.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maine reports 1.1 and 13.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Rockland?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Rockland safer than Rockport?
Rockport reports less crime per resident than Rockland: Rockport grades A− for safety and Rockland B−. Rockport’s police reported 0.4 violent and 6.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Rockland?
Rockland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rockland”. 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.