The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Portland, ME: Crime Maps and Statistics

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	A-
Property Crime Grade	A-
Other Crime Grade	C

Which crimes are included?

$19,616

Cost of Crime™ for New Portland, ME

In 2025, crime will cost $539 per household.

More cost data

On the map, green marks the parts of New Portland with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is New Portland, ME Safe?

The B overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where New Portland's combined rate is slightly lower than the norm. New Portland sits in the 66th percentile, ahead of 66% of cities and behind 34%. The grade covers only New Portland's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in New Portland is 19.04 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 46 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 59 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of New Portland, ME report the most crime, about 1 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Portland, ME

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in New Portland for 2025 is $19,616, about $284 per resident and $539 per household. That equals 0.7% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 57.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 29.5%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.8%

How Much Does Crime Cost in New Portland Compared to Other Cities?

New Portland, ME:	$284
Portland, OR:	$544
Eliot, ME:	$116
Maine:	$258
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in New Portland is $284 per year, which is $180 less than the national average and $26 more than Maine's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to New Portland:

In Portland, OR, crime costs $544 per person, which is $260 more than in New Portland.
In Eliot, ME, crime costs $116 per person, which is $169 less than in New Portland

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of New Portland for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to New Portland	Cost per New Portland Resident
Murder	$6,366	$92
Rape/Sexual Assault	$2,394	$35
Robbery	$448	$6
Assault	$1,904	$28
Kidnapping	$82	$1
Vehicle Theft	$184	$3
Burglary	$1,517	$22
Theft	$1,889	$27
Arson	$229	$3
Vandalism	$2,874	$42
Animal Cruelty	$21	$0
Drug Crimes	$1,678	$24
Identity Theft	$28	$0
Total Cost of Crime	$19,616	$284

The Intangible Cost of Crime in New Portland, ME

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in New Portland totals $54,306 ($787 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $73,922 ($1,071 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The city holds few retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of New Portland's 69 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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New Portland Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 New Portland residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	0.9610
Robbery	0.2066
Rape	0.5721
Murder	0.0491
Total Violent Crime	1.789 (A-)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	5.286
Vehicle Theft	0.1723
Burglary	2.424
Arson	0.1375
Total Property Crime	8.020 (A-)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.0197
Drug Crimes	3.288
Vandalism	5.831
Identity Theft	0.0527
Animal Cruelty	0.0419
Total "Other" Rate	9.233 (C)

Individual New Portland Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in New Portland is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to New Portland.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
West Forks, ME	B	A	A-
Pleasant Pond, ME	B	A	A-
Caratunk, ME	B+	A	A
North Jay, ME	C	B	C+
Bingham, ME	A	A+	A
Kingfield, ME	C+	A	C
Eustis, ME	F	D+	F
Stratton, ME	D-	C	D-
Shirley Mills, ME	A+	A+	A+
North New Portland, ME	A-	A+	B

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

New Portland is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Spring Mills, NY	A+	A+	A+
Herman, NJ	A-	A+	A+
Hesper, IA	B-	B	B
Hessdale, KS	C-	C+	C+
Hewins, KS	D-	D	D
Hext, OK	D-	D+	D+
Higby, OH	B	C	C
Hiland, WY	C-	A-	A-
Himmel, MO	D	D-	D-
Helena, LA	F	F	F

Considering only the crime rate, New Portland is as safe as the Maine state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in New Portland, ME average SchoolGrade of A+, with 79% actual proficiency versus 74% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See New Portland schools on SchoolGrade

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