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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Featured Maine Missing Cases

David Stortz

Missing: Aug 29, 2000
David Stortz, a 41-year-old man from Rockland, Maine, was last seen on August 29, 2000. His disappea ...Read More

Thomas Clarke

Missing: Sep 09, 2011
Thomas Clarke, a 32-year-old from Cavan, Ireland, went missing on September 9, 2011, after being swe ...Read More

Leah Pillsbury

Missing: Jan 05, 2023
Leah Pillsbury, a 40-year-old woman from Portland, Maine, was reported missing by her husband on Jan ...Read More

Steven Poitras

Missing: Nov 01, 1980
Steven Robert Poitras, a 27-year-old scallop fisherman, went missing on November 1, 1980, while at s ...Read More

Joseph Bichrest

Missing: Oct 16, 1976
Joseph J. Bichrest, a 34-year-old attorney originally from Pennsylvania, went missing on October 16, ...Read More

Thomas Gerry

Missing: Oct 18, 1987
Thomas Gerry, 36, was last seen on October 18, 1987, when he embarked on a flight from Auburn, Maine ...Read More

Raymond Gregoire

Missing: Feb 01, 1982
Raymond Gregoire, aged 22, was last seen on February 1, 1982, off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine ...Read More

Douglas Chapman

Missing: Jun 02, 1971
Douglas Chapman, a 3-year-old boy from Alfred, Maine, was last seen on June 2, 1971. His disappearan ...Read More

Richard Harosin

Missing: Nov 06, 1998
Richard Harosin, 40, was last seen on November 6, 1998, in Augusta, Maine. The Augusta Police Depart ...Read More

Charles Resh

Missing: May 17, 2021
Charles Resh, a 43-year-old man, went missing on May 17, 2021, after being dropped off at a residenc ...Read More
Featured Maine Murder Cases

Thomas Napier

Murdered: Feb 20, 1994
On February 20, 1994, the body of Thomas Napier, a 22-year-old man from Lyman, Maine, was found floa ...Read More

Vincent White

Murdered: Nov 18, 1991
On November 18, 1991, Vincent White, 46, was found dead alongside Lorna Brackett in a burning home o ...Read More

Kevin Foley

Murdered: Jun 22, 2007
On June 22, 2007, Kevin Foley, a 58-year-old Portland resident, was found shot to death at Woodlawn ...Read More

Frank Williams

Murdered: Aug 16, 2008
On August 16, 2008, 37-year-old Frank Williams was brutally beaten and stabbed to death in Portland, ...Read More

Dorothy L. Dottie Milliken

Murdered: Nov 06, 1976
Dorothy "Dottie" Milliken, a 27-year-old mother of three, was brutally beaten to death on November 6 ...Read More

Bryan Garcia

Murdered: Feb 27, 2017
Bryan Garcia, also known as "Kage," was found dead inside his car on February 27, 2017, in Portlandâ ...Read More

Angela Thomas

Murdered: Sep 27, 1990
The unsolved murder case of Angela Thomas, a newborn whose body was found on September 27, 1990, nea ...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

Joseph Savitch

Murdered: Aug 01, 1997
In August 1997, the bodies of Joseph Savitch and Louis Alexander were discovered buried in a shallow ...Read More

Vincent La Vopa

Murdered: Dec 07, 1985
Vincent La Vopa, a 62-year-old man from Arundel, Maine, was found dead on December 7, 1985, in the w ...Read More

Malcomb Hobbs

Murdered: Oct 16, 1997
Malcolm Hobbs, a 79-year-old lifelong resident of North Berwick, Maine, was found murdered in his fa ...Read More