The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Westbrook, ME
Westbrook is the eighth-largest city in Maine, with 22,700 residents in Cumberland County, about 6 miles west of downtown Portland · Updated November 2026
Is Westbrook, ME safe?
Yes, crime in Westbrook is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Westbrook sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Westbrook run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 878 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Westbrook as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Westbrook scores 878.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Westbrook, ME at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westbrook, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Westbrook
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Westbrook, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.95 car thefts and 0.96 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Westbrook
Every part of Westbrook where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Westbrook run from A+ to B+; 64% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Westbrook, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Westbrook?
Reported crime in Westbrook has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 10% and property crime down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 14 to 11 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WestbrookUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Westbrook. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Westbrook
Violent, US
Property, Westbrook
Property, US
2016
+16%
+4%
+76%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+52%
+12%
2018
-10%
+0%
+36%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-24%
+4%
-35%
-8%
2021
-25%
+6%
-27%
-10%
2022
-5%
+5%
-24%
-6%
2023
+3%
+2%
-19%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Westbrook
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westbrook has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% less than the US as a whole and close to Maine.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Westbrook, about 38% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Westbrook
Westbrook has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Westbrook, 38% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 37% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (39%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (37%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Westbrook compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Westbrook, 7 have less crime. Falmouth and Gorham have the least.
Two things set Westbrook apart: it has 80 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.80 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.65% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 80% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Westbrook: D+ (21 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 72% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.5.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Westbrook
Crime costs Westbrook about $604 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 50% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $17 million a year, or $733 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$980,000
$43
Rape
$410,000
$18
Robbery
$190,000
$8
Assault
$1.8 million
$78
Burglary
$230,000
$10
Theft
$1.1 million
$48
Vehicle theft
$330,000
$15
Arson
$35,000
$2
Vandalism
$700,000
$31
Total
$5.7 million
$253
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Westbrook means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Westbrook, ME average a SchoolGrade of C-: 80% of students test proficient, against 71% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Westbrook on SchoolGrade
