Maine

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In 2022, 103 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Maine. This is 16 percent lower than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Maine in 2022 was 73 percent lower than the United States average. In 2022, 45 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Maine were not solved. This is 6 percentage points higher than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Augusta
  • Population:  1,395,722
  • Area:  35,385 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  50th
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Adam Patterson Allen Thompson Angel Torres Attiin Shaw Ayla Reynolds Baruch Roberts Benjamin Day Bernard Ross Beryl Reed Bruce Elwell Carl Harvis Cathy Moulton Celeste Doghmi Charles Resh Christopher Caramihalis Christopher Whitaker Colin Arey Cynthia Ancona Dane Angelich Daniel Miller Darin Crocker Darren Lavigne David Stortz David Williams Derek Partridge Diana Estey Donald Smith Douglas Chapman Douglas Reed Edward Berke Eugene Cross Jr. Everett Loveitt Fay Johnson Feng Zhou Florien Turgeon Francis Travis Franklin Marston Gary Baylor Gary Small Gary Thorbjornson George Boardman Gilbert Pettigrow Glenn Patterson Graham Lacher Gregory Lindsay Guy Carmel Harmon Robinson Harold Fortier Harold Simpson Harrison McLean Henry Horner Herbert Damon James Therrien Jamie Maloy Jason Power Jason Reil Jeffrey Hall Jeremy Alex Jessie Hoover John Hannemann John Malloch John Miller Joseph Bichrest Joseph Jones Kaye Meyer Kenneth Stone Kimberly Moreau Kurt Newton Lauri Ivers Lawrence Farrell Lawrence Rich Lawrence Robbins Leah Pillsbury Lelena Lipp Leonard Price Louis Hogan Jr. Ludger Belanger Mack Sturgill Margaret Tevanian Marilyn Lehan Marisol Hundley Melvin Murphy Michael Madore Michael Overman Michael Percy Michael Roberts Michelle Jakaitis Miguel Oliveras Nicholas Lang Norman Closson III Patricia Hildreth Pauline Rourke Paul Blanco Paul Colucci Peter Dean Philip Letarte Phillip Farris Ralph Marsh Randall Fuller Randy Carver Raymond Gregoire Raymond Hodgkins Reeves Johnson Richard Buckman Jr. Richard Cole Richard Danis Richard Drouin Jr. Richard Harosin Richard Morse III Richard Salman Robert Desmond Robert Gilsey Robert Littlefield Robert Schultze Robert Smith Roderick Hotham Roger Day Roger Dupuis Ronald Haskell Ronald Vallee Jr. Roy Bickford Russell Burnett Ryan Blagojevic Scott Cluff Sean Cone Sebastian Kelley Sharon Beaudoin Shawn Perkins Shirley Atwood Siphat Chau Stanley Kennard Starlette Vining Stefanie Damron Stephen Thompson Stephen Wines Steven Oldham Steven Poitras Steven Westlake Swanton Wyman Jr. Thomas Clarke Thomas Gerry Thomas Harris Thomas Jacoby Tina Stadig Tomas Hammond Tristan Roorikovitz Tyler Sawyer Virginia Pictou Noyes William Hilderbrand William McIntyre Wilson Boynton
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Featured Maine Missing Cases

Roger Dupuis

Missing: Dec 04, 1995
Roger Dupuis, a 39-year-old man from Biddeford, Maine, was last seen on December 4, 1995. Dupuis, wh ...Read More

Steven Oldham

Missing: Dec 21, 2000
Steven Oldham, a 48-year-old crane operator, went missing on December 21, 2000, while working on a b ...Read More

Stephen Thompson

Missing: Jun 06, 1986
Stephen Thompson, age 38, was last seen on June 2, 1986, in Oakland, Maine. He was a manager at Schw ...Read More

Feng Zhou

Missing: Sep 12, 2015
Feng Zhou, a 48-year-old man from Biddeford, Maine, was last seen on September 12, 2015. His sudden ...Read More

Robert Smith

Missing: Nov 18, 1997
Robert D. Smith, a 70-year-old man from Caribou, Maine, went missing on November 18, 1997, while hun ...Read More

Attiin Shaw

Missing: Sep 08, 2021
Attiin Shaw, a 33-year-old woman from Washburn, Maine, was last seen on September 8, 2021. Her sudde ...Read More

Stefanie Damron

Missing: Sep 23, 2024
Stefanie Damron, a 13-year-old from New Sweden, Maine, has been missing since September 23, 2024. Sh ...Read More

Michael Percy

Missing: May 01, 1975
Michael Percy, aged 22, disappeared on May 1, 1975, while aboard a lobster boat off the coast of Ten ...Read More

Tyler Sawyer

Missing: Nov 01, 2014
Tyler Sawyer, a 15-year-old from St. George, Maine, went missing on November 1, 2014, after a tragic ...Read More

Kurt Newton

Missing: Aug 31, 1975
On August 31, 1975, four-year-old Kurt Newton disappeared while camping with his family at the Natan ...Read More
Featured Maine Murder Cases

Judith Hand

Murdered: Sep 23, 1971
On September 10, 1971, 15-year-old Judith Hand disappeared in Farmington, Maine, while walking to co ...Read More

Frances Moulton

Murdered: Jun 23, 2009
Frances Moulton was last seen in July 2006, leading a transient lifestyle in the Sanford, Maine, are ...Read More

Amy Drake

Murdered: Nov 24, 2006
Amy Drake, an 18-year-old mother from Skowhegan, Maine, was reported missing by her mother in late S ...Read More

Alford Buddy Blake

Murdered: Sep 15, 2003
On September 15, 2003, Alford "Buddy" Blake, 65, was found dead outside his residence on Wolf Mounta ...Read More

Brian Allen

Murdered: Jul 15, 2005
The unsolved murder of Brian Allen remains a cold case in Orland, Maine. On July 15, 2005, Brian's b ...Read More

Sunao Yamada

Murdered: Sep 10, 2017
Sunao "Thomas" Yamada Jr., a 54-year-old homeless man, was found dead on September 10, 2017, on Temp ...Read More

Barry Pulkkinen

Murdered: May 07, 1988
On May 7, 1988, 26-year-old Barry Pulkkinen was found severely injured on the side of a road in Indi ...Read More

Wendy Morello

Murdered: Sep 01, 2004
Wendy Morello, a 40-year-old from Worcester, Massachusetts, was reported missing on September 13, 20 ...Read More

Brian Kowalczyk

Murdered: Nov 06, 1986
On November 6, 1986, 34-year-old Brian Kowalczyk was brutally murdered in his home in Winthrop, Main ...Read More

Ellen Choate

Murdered: Jun 26, 1977
Ellen Choate, a 23-year-old Montessori teacher from Pennsylvania, disappeared on June 1, 1975, while ...Read More

Michael Sanborn

Murdered: Sep 16, 1985
On the morning of September 16, 1985, Michael Sanborn was found shot to death next to his vehicle in ...Read More