Safety · Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor, ME crime & safety
Bar Harbor's reported crime rate is well below Maine's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 4 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Bar Harbor compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Bar Harbor at a glance
Violent crime
0.5
per 1,000 residents · Maine 1
Property crime
4.3
per 1,000 residents · Maine 9.6
Incidents reported
37
4 violent · 33 property
Since 2022
▼ 12%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
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Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Bar Harbor property | Maine property | Bar Harbor violent | Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.9 | 12.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4.8 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 0.5 | 1 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
30
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
0
Aggravated assault
3
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Bar Harbor safe
Local public safety
👮 Bar Harbor Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
Bar Harbor and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bar Harbor | 0.5 | 4.3 | 2025 |
| Gouldsboro | 0 | 1.1 | 2025 |
| Winter Harbor | 0* | 1* | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Trenton, Lamoine, Mount Desert, Hancock.
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 thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 7,600, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: 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. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.