Brunswick, ME Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Brunswick, ME Summary

Crime in Brunswick research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Brunswick 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 Brunswick:

  • There were 286 total crimes committed in Brunswick in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,262.0 total crimes per 100K people in Brunswick.
  • The overall crime rate in Brunswick is -40.45% below the national average.
  • Brunswick ranks #78 safest out of 105 cities in Maine.
  • Brunswick ranks #5,344 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.

Additional research about crime in Maine

Brunswick Vs Maine And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Brunswick is 1,262.0 per 100,000 people. That's -40.45% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 1.60% higher than the Maine total crime rate of 1,242.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Brunswick
/ 100k People
Maine
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 286 1,262.0 1,242.2 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 1 4.4 11.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 9 39.7 55.0 256.0
Violent Crime 16 70.6 100.1 359.0
Burglary 8 35.3 100.1 229.0
Larceny 250 1,103.2 961.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 53.0 81.1 259.0
Property Crime 270 1,191.4 1,142.1 1,760.0

Brunswick 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 Brunswick

16
Violent Crimes
70.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-80.33%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Brunswick in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Brunswick is 70.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,416.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Brunswick each year. That compares to a 1 in 999.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -80.33% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -29.45% lower than the Maine violent crime rate of 100.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Brunswick

270
Property Crimes
1,191.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.31%
Below The National Average
  • There were 270 property crimes in Brunswick in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Brunswick is 1,191.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Brunswick each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.31% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 4.32% higher than the Maine property crime rate of 1,142.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Brunswick

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lewiston, ME 38,850 689 1,773.5 1,529.0 244.5
Auburn, ME 25,038 662 2,644.0 2,428.3 215.7
Topsham, ME 9,814 98 998.6 957.8 40.8
Yarmouth, ME 9,036 46 509.1 420.5 88.5
Bath, ME 8,871 70 789.1 721.5 67.6

Brunswick SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
6
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
8.5
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