Westbrook, ME Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Westbrook, ME Summary

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

  • There were 274 total crimes committed in Westbrook in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,329.6 total crimes per 100K people in Westbrook.
  • The overall crime rate in Westbrook is -37.26% below the national average.
  • Westbrook ranks #79 safest out of 105 cities in Maine.
  • Westbrook ranks #5,550 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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Westbrook Vs Maine And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Westbrook is 1,329.6 per 100,000 people. That's -37.26% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 7.03% higher than the Maine total crime rate of 1,242.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Westbrook
/ 100k People
Maine
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 274 1,329.6 1,242.2 2,119.2
Murder 1 4.9 2.3 5.0
Robbery 7 34.0 11.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 21 101.9 55.0 256.0
Violent Crime 36 174.7 100.1 359.0
Burglary 24 116.5 100.1 229.0
Larceny 193 936.5 961.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 21 101.9 81.1 259.0
Property Crime 238 1,154.9 1,142.1 1,760.0

Westbrook 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 Westbrook

36
Violent Crimes
174.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-51.34%
Below The National Average
  • There were 36 violent crimes in Westbrook in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Westbrook is 174.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 572.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Westbrook each year. That compares to a 1 in 999.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -51.34% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 74.57% higher than the Maine violent crime rate of 100.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Westbrook

238
Property Crimes
1,154.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 238 property crimes in Westbrook in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Westbrook is 1,154.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 86.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Westbrook each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.38% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 1.12% higher than the Maine property crime rate of 1,142.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Westbrook

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
Saco, ME 21,144 245 1,158.7 1,078.3 80.4
Gorham, ME 18,344 77 419.8 398.0 21.8
Old Orchard Beach, ME 9,503 109 1,147.0 1,041.8 105.2
Yarmouth, ME 9,036 46 509.1 420.5 88.5

Westbrook SnackAbility

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