Brewer, ME Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Brewer, ME Summary

Crime in Brewer research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Brewer over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Brewer:

  • There were 177 total crimes committed in Brewer in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,836.3 total crimes per 100K people in Brewer.
  • The overall crime rate in Brewer is -13.35% below the national average.
  • Brewer ranks #87 safest out of 105 cities in Maine.
  • Brewer ranks #6,875 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Brewer Vs Maine And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Brewer is 1,836.3 per 100,000 people. That's -13.35% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 47.83% higher than the Maine total crime rate of 1,242.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Brewer
/ 100k People
Maine
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 177 1,836.3 1,242.2 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 4 41.5 11.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 0 0.0 55.0 256.0
Violent Crime 4 41.5 100.1 359.0
Burglary 10 103.7 100.1 229.0
Larceny 161 1,670.3 961.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 20.7 81.1 259.0
Property Crime 173 1,794.8 1,142.1 1,760.0

Brewer Crime Compared To Maine Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Maine.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Brewer

4
Violent Crimes
41.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.44%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in Brewer in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Brewer is 41.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,409.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Brewer each year. That compares to a 1 in 999.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.44% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -58.53% lower than the Maine violent crime rate of 100.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Brewer

173
Property Crimes
1,794.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
1.98%
Above The National Average
  • There were 173 property crimes in Brewer in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Brewer is 1,794.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 55.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Brewer each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 1.98% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 57.14% higher than the Maine property crime rate of 1,142.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Brewer

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bangor, ME 31,598 1,390 4,399.0 4,237.6 161.4
Waterville, ME 16,867 534 3,165.9 3,023.7 142.3
Orono, ME 12,641 19 150.3 102.8 47.5
Ellsworth, ME 8,812 225 2,553.3 2,349.1 204.3
Skowhegan, ME 8,700 335 3,850.6 3,712.6 137.9
Belfast, ME 7,111 45 632.8 632.8 0.0
Rockland, ME 7,059 138 1,955.0 1,870.0 85.0

Brewer SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
7
Affordability
6
Diversity
3
Safety
8
Amenities
7
Education
8
Commute
9.5
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