West Newfield, ME Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	A+
Property Crime Grade	A
Other Crime Grade	B

Which crimes are included?

$135,369

Cost of Crime™ for West Newfield, ME

In 2025, violent crime will cost $236 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of West Newfield with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The A+ grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in West Newfield against the average US city, where the rate is much lower than the norm. West Newfield sits in the 99th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 99% of cities and behind 1%. The grade covers only West Newfield's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in West Newfield is 0.9858 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 923 in the southwest neighborhoods to 1 in 1,091 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of West Newfield, ME report the most violent crime, about 0 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in West Newfield, ME

The tangible cost of violent crime in West Newfield is projected at $135,369 for 2025, about $102 per resident and $236 per household. That equals 0.3% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 44.5%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 39.9%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 15.6%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in West Newfield Compared to Other Cities?

West Newfield, ME:	$102
Bar Harbor, ME:	$254
Eliot, ME:	$48
Maine:	$128
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $102 per resident each year in West Newfield, which is $157 less than the national average and $27 less than Maine's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to West Newfield:

In Bar Harbor, ME, crime costs $254 per person, which is $153 more than in West Newfield.
In Eliot, ME, crime costs $48 per person, which is $53 less than in West Newfield

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for West Newfield, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to West Newfield	Cost per West Newfield Resident
Murder	$73,271	$55
Rape/Sexual Assault	$47,825	$36
Robbery	$3,530	$3
Assault	$10,744	$8
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$135,369	$102

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in West Newfield, ME

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in West Newfield totals $718,614 ($539 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $853,983 ($641 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in West Newfield, ME, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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West Newfield Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 West Newfield residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	0.2806
Robbery	0.0842
Rape	0.5917
Murder	0.0292
Total Violent Crime	0.9858 (A+)

Individual West Newfield Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Newfield, ME	A+	A+	A+
East Wakefield, NH	B-	A	A-
North Shapleigh, ME	A	A+	B+
Perrys Corner, ME	A-	A+	A-
Shapleigh, ME	A	A+	B+
Wakefield, NH	B-	A-	B+
Acton, ME	A-	A+	B+
Limerick, ME	A	A+	A
Sanbornville, NH	B	A-	B
Parsonsfield, ME	A-	A+	B+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

West Newfield is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent 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
Walkerville, MI	A+	B-	B-
Chili, WI	B-	B-	B-
Clayton Village, MS	B+	A	A
Cornish, NH	B+	A+	A+
Council, ID	D+	B-	B-
Danese, WV	B+	C+	C+
Deal, NJ	F	C-	C-
DeFord, MI	A	B	B
Denver, OH	A-	D+	D+
Diamond Springs, MI	A+	A	A

Considering only the violent crime rate, West Newfield is safer than the Maine state average and safer than the national average.

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