Safety · Wells
Wells, ME crime & safety
Wells's reported crime rate is close to Maine's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 7 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Wells compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Wells at a glance
Violent crime
0.6
per 1,000 residents · Maine 1
Property crime
8.5
per 1,000 residents · Maine 9.6
Incidents reported
110
7 violent · 103 property
Since 2022
▲ 4%
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 | Wells property | Maine property | Wells violent | Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.2 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 9.1 | 11.4 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 0.6 | 1 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
90
Burglary
4
Vehicle theft
9
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
0
Rape
5
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Wells safe
Local public safety
👮 Wells 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
Wells 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | 0.6 | 8.5 | 2025 |
| Kennebunk | 0.4 | 5.8 | 2025 |
| Ogunquit | 0.6 | 8.7 | 2025 |
| North Berwick | 0.6 | 2.8 | 2025 |
| South Berwick | 0.5 | 3.7 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Kennebunk, North Berwick.
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 12,100, 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.