Kittery, ME Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Kittery, ME Summary

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

  • There were 136 total crimes committed in Kittery in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,232.9 total crimes per 100K people in Kittery.
  • The overall crime rate in Kittery is -41.82% below the national average.
  • Kittery ranks #77 safest out of 105 cities in Maine.
  • Kittery ranks #5,246 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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Kittery Vs Maine And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Kittery is 1,232.9 per 100,000 people. That's -41.82% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -0.75% lower than the Maine total crime rate of 1,242.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Kittery
/ 100k People
Maine
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 136 1,232.9 1,242.2 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 1 9.1 11.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 3 27.2 55.0 256.0
Violent Crime 6 54.4 100.1 359.0
Burglary 1 9.1 100.1 229.0
Larceny 125 1,133.2 961.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 36.3 81.1 259.0
Property Crime 130 1,178.5 1,142.1 1,760.0

Kittery 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 Kittery

6
Violent Crimes
54.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-84.85%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Kittery in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Kittery is 54.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,838.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Kittery each year. That compares to a 1 in 999.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -84.85% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.65% lower than the Maine violent crime rate of 100.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Kittery

130
Property Crimes
1,178.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-33.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 130 property crimes in Kittery in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Kittery is 1,178.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 84.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Kittery each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -33.04% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 3.18% higher than the Maine property crime rate of 1,142.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Kittery

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Rochester, NH 33,831 413 1,220.8 1,143.9 76.9
Dover, NH 33,696 281 833.9 786.4 47.5
Portsmouth, NH 22,969 338 1,471.5 1,284.3 187.2
Hampton, NH 16,477 139 843.6 740.4 103.2
Exeter, NH 16,203 94 580.1 543.1 37.0
Durham, NH 14,718 39 265.0 224.2 40.8
Somersworth, NH 12,270 332 2,705.8 2,526.5 179.3
Newmarket, NH 9,490 41 432.0 379.3 52.7

Kittery SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
3
Diversity
8
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
9
Commute
8.5
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