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Safety in Roxbury · Not graded

What the figures say about crime in Roxbury, ME

Of the graded towns, Rumford is the closest, at C+. There are no FBI figures for Roxbury by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. Widen the search to 25 miles and 5 graded towns turn up.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Maine towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
RumfordC+7 mi1.616.5
WiltonB+18 mi1.66.3
RangeleyA22 mi0.04.3
JayB22 mi1.89.1
FarmingtonB−23 mi1.313.3
Livermore FallsC27 mi1.919.8

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Roxbury’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Roxbury’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Roxbury’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
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

Roxbury and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Mexico———
RumfordC+1.616.5

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mexico reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.

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

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Roxbury

Is Roxbury, ME safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Roxbury. Roxbury has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Maine towns with a grade are Rumford (C+, 7 mi), Wilton (B+, 18 mi), Rangeley (A, 22 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.