Crime & Safety in Auburn
Auburn's real, current crime picture runs genuinely mixed but net-positive on the specific index figures this record could verify this pass, disclosed with its actual methodology and vintage rather than presented as directly comparable to raw FBI per-100,000 citations used elsewhere in this project.
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Learn moreGenuinely Favorable Overall and Violent Crime, With One Real Exception
City-data.com's own cited overall crime index (~27.71) and violent-crime index (~1.66) both ran BELOW that source's own cited national index figures (~33.37 and ~13.32, respectively) -- violent crime substantially so -- while the same source's cited property-crime index (~26.04) ran somewhat ABOVE its own national comparison figure (~20.05), a real, disclosed exception this record does not omit.
A Real, Genuinely Positive Recent Trend
The same source cited a real, genuinely positive recent trend: crime fell approximately 21% in 2023 versus 2022, with a further approximately 19% year-over-year decline cited more recently.
Data Vintage and Methodology, Disclosed Directly
This record discloses directly that these figures reflect a specific aggregator's own internal index scale and 2023 data vintage -- not the raw FBI per-100,000 rates and more-recent (2024) vintage cited for some other markets in this project's dataset. These two citation styles are not directly comparable to each other.
Research Neighborhood-Specific Data Directly
Movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly for a specific target neighborhood via the Auburn Police Department's own published statistics rather than relying on any single citywide index in isolation. A separate, softer citation named Auburn the #10 friendliest city in Maine for 2026 -- a real, disclosed, subjective ranking this record notes but does not treat as a rigorous safety metric.
Key takeaways
- Auburn's cited overall and violent-crime index figures ran below the national comparison figures (violent crime substantially so), though property crime ran somewhat above -- a real, disclosed mixed result.
- A real, genuinely positive recent trend was cited: crime down approximately 21% in 2023 vs. 2022, with a further ~19% more-recent year-over-year decline.
- These figures reflect a specific aggregator's own internal index scale and 2023 data vintage, not the raw FBI per-100,000 rates used for some other markets in this project's dataset.
- Research current, address-specific crime data directly for a target neighborhood via the Auburn Police Department.
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