Photo: Benggriff · Public domainRockport has less violent crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
The overall Safety Grade is A− (#24 of 78 graded towns in Maine), which means less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, typical years here bring 0.4 violent crime plus 6.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 1.2 plus 13.6 in the rest of Maine. One of the 2 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Rockport
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Maine towns on Rockport’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Camden (A), Rockland (B−). Warren has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Maine towns, closer to the middle
Maine’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Rockport’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 69% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 83% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Rockport has 3,084 jobs based in town for 3,628 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 Rockport’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Rockport | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Rockport’s police reported 4 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.2 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Rockport 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 | Rockport property | Rest of Maine property | Rockport violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 12.1 | 0.3 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Maine.
11 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 10 property, as reported to the FBI by Rockport’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Rockport’s roads in 2019–2023
Rockport had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Rockport’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rockport’s own rate (21.8) 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.
Rockport and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Warren has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockport | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Richmond | A+ | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Holden | A | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Madawaska | A | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Kennebunkport | A− | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| Fryeburg | B+ | 0.5 | 8.5 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Rockport’s population (3,628), 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 Rockport. 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 Rockport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,655 in 2025); our figure for Rockport is 3,628 (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 Rockport
Is Rockport, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rockport reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #24 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 0.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.2 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Rockport?
0.4 violent and 6.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maine reports 1.2 and 13.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Rockport safer than Camden?
Camden reports less crime per resident than Rockport: Camden grades A for safety and Rockport A−. Camden’s police reported 0.0 violent and 6.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Rockport?
Rockport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rockport”. 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.