Crime & Safety in Augusta
Augusta's crime picture runs genuinely, honestly elevated on the rate-based citations this record reviewed this pass -- an overall crime rate approximately 32% above a cited national rate, with property crime running approximately 98.3% above -- alongside a real, disclosed, genuinely confusing cross-source tension against a separate source's cited A- crime grade.
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Learn moreAn Elevated Overall and Property-Crime Rate, Disclosed Directly
One aggregator source cited Augusta's overall crime rate at approximately 43.99 per 1,000 residents against a cited national rate of approximately 33.37 per 1,000 (roughly 32% above). Property crime ran a real, genuinely large disclosed gap -- approximately 98.3% above the national rate (737 property crimes, 3,876 per 100,000 residents) -- while violent crime ran approximately 20.9% above (85 violent crimes, 447 per 100,000 residents).
A Real, Disclosed, Genuinely Confusing Cross-Source Tension
This record discloses a real tension directly rather than resolving it: the same elevated-rate source assigned Augusta a Safety Score of 6/100 ('higher crime than 94% of US cities,' ranked #19 of 20 Maine cities compared), while a separate source (CrimeGrade) reportedly assigned Augusta an overall A- crime grade for 2026 -- a materially more favorable characterization using a different methodology this record's own research could not reconcile.
A Real, Genuinely Positive Year-Over-Year Counterpoint
Alongside the elevated baseline, the same source cited total crime down approximately 3.8% and violent crime down approximately 12.8% year-over-year -- a real, genuinely positive recent trend this record discloses directly rather than omitting.
Research Current, Address-Specific Data Directly
Given the real, disclosed cross-source methodology tension, movers should treat any single citywide crime score or grade with caution and research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Augusta Police Department's own published statistics for a specific target neighborhood.
Key takeaways
- One aggregator source cited Augusta's overall crime rate approximately 32% above a cited national rate, with property crime running approximately 98.3% above.
- That source assigned Augusta a Safety Score of 6/100, ranking #19 of 20 Maine cities it compared.
- This record discloses a real, disclosed, genuinely confusing cross-source tension against a separate source's cited A- crime grade for Augusta.
- A real, genuinely positive year-over-year trend was also cited: total crime down ~3.8% and violent crime down ~12.8%.
- Research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Augusta Police Department for a specific target neighborhood.
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