Burglary per Capita in Caribou
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Caribou residents.
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Caribou residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of burglary in Caribou is about 1 in 550.
Burglary costs the average Caribou resident about $16 per year.
Crime Grade's burglary map shows the safest places in Caribou in green. The most dangerous areas in Caribou are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The B- grade means the rate of burglary is slightly lower than the average US city. Caribou is in the 58th percentile for safety, meaning 42% of cities are safer and 58% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Caribou's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of burglary in Caribou is 1.817 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Caribou generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of burglary in Caribou may be as high as 1 in 403 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 952 in the northeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more burglary occurs in the northwest parts of Caribou, ME: about 3 per year. The east part of Caribou has fewer cases of burglary with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the burglary rate in Caribou to the Maine state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Caribou, ME: | 1.817 |
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| Maine: | 1.169 |
| USA: | 2.509 |
Considering only the burglary rate, Caribou is less safe than the Maine state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Burglary is projected to cost the residents of Caribou about $129,509 in 2025, or roughly $16 per resident. This is part of Caribou's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Caribou, including every crime type and how Caribou compares to other cities.
Remember that burglary rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Caribou's crime maps on the Caribou overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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B+ | A+ | B | A- | |
B | A+ | C+ | B | |
D- | C | F | C- | |
A+ | A+ | A | B | |
C+ | A- | C+ | C+ | |
B- | A+ | C+ | A | |
C+ | A | C- | B- | |
D- | B- | F | D+ | |
D- | A- | D- | C | |
A- | A+ | A- | B |
Caribou is similar versus other cities of the same size for burglary. The table below compares burglary in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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A+ | B+ | B+ | A | |
C+ | B | B | B- | |
C+ | C | C | C+ | |
D+ | D | D | D- | |
C- | D- | D- | C+ | |
B | A+ | A+ | A | |
B | B | B | B+ | |
D+ | C- | C- | B | |
B- | C+ | C+ | B- | |
C- | C+ | C+ | C |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Caribou, ME average SchoolGrade of A+, with 81% actual proficiency versus 67% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Caribou schools on SchoolGrade
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