Gardiner, ME Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gardiner, ME Summary

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

  • There were 70 total crimes committed in Gardiner in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,125.0 total crimes per 100K people in Gardiner.
  • The overall crime rate in Gardiner is -46.91% below the national average.
  • Gardiner ranks #68 safest out of 105 cities in Maine.
  • Gardiner ranks #4,874 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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Gardiner Vs Maine And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gardiner is 1,125.0 per 100,000 people. That's -46.91% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -9.43% lower than the Maine total crime rate of 1,242.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gardiner
/ 100k People
Maine
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 70 1,125.0 1,242.2 2,119.2
Murder 1 16.1 2.3 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 11.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 2 32.1 55.0 256.0
Violent Crime 7 112.5 100.1 359.0
Burglary 3 48.2 100.1 229.0
Larceny 52 835.7 961.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 8 128.6 81.1 259.0
Property Crime 63 1,012.5 1,142.1 1,760.0

Gardiner 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 Gardiner

7
Violent Crimes
112.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Gardiner in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gardiner is 112.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 888.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gardiner each year. That compares to a 1 in 999.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.66% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 12.42% higher than the Maine violent crime rate of 100.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gardiner

63
Property Crimes
1,012.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-42.47%
Below The National Average
  • There were 63 property crimes in Gardiner in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gardiner is 1,012.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 98.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gardiner each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -42.47% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.35% lower than the Maine property crime rate of 1,142.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gardiner

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Portland, ME 69,310 1,903 2,745.6 2,478.7 266.9
South Portland, ME 26,931 386 1,433.3 1,370.2 63.1
Brunswick, ME 22,662 286 1,262.0 1,191.4 70.6
Westbrook, ME 20,608 274 1,329.6 1,154.9 174.7
Augusta, ME 19,164 832 4,341.5 4,091.0 250.5
Gorham, ME 18,344 77 419.8 398.0 21.8
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
Hallowell, ME 2,629 15 570.6 570.6 0.0

Gardiner SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
4
Safety
9
Amenities
6
Education
8
Commute
7
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