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Searsport, ME crime & safety

Searsport's reported crime rate is well below Maine's. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2023.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Searsport compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

Reported crime, 2023

Searsport at a glance

Violent crime
0.8
per 1,000 residents · Maine 1
Property crime
1.1
per 1,000 residents · Maine 11.4
Incidents reported
5
2 violent · 3 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Searsport 0.8
Maine 1
U.S. 3.9
Property crime per 1,000
Searsport 1.1
Maine 11.4
U.S. 19.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2023

SearsportMaine
02468101214 20222023 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
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YearSearsport propertyMaine propertySearsport violentMaine violent
20222.312.301.1
20231.111.40.81
What gets reported

2023, by type

Larceny / theft
1
Burglary
2
Vehicle theft
0
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Searsport safe

Local public safety

👮 Searsport 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.

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Next door

Searsport and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
TownViolentPropertyYear
Searsport0.81.12023
Belfast0.37.42025
Islesboro0*2*2025

No town figures in the FBI's data: Stockton Springs, Prospect, Swanville, Castine.

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 2,700, 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, 2023, 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.

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