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Sanford Crime Rate Report (Maine)

Sanford crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Sanford for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Sanford in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 42% and the city property crime rate in Sanford was higher than the national property crime rate average by 50%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Sanford was higher than the violent crime rate in Maine by 103.82% and the city property crime rate in Sanford was higher than the property crime rate in Maine by 145.16%.

Property and Violent Crime
Sanford Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Sanford Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Sanford Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault21
Arson5
Burglary41
Larceny and Theft456
Motor Vehicle Theft24
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape16
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)546
Property Crime521
Violent Crime43
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault16
Arson7
Burglary27
Larceny and Theft458
Motor Vehicle Theft29
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape16
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)539
Property Crime514
Violent Crime35

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Sanford Property Crime

Sanford Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Sanford Crime 2025

Sanford Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Sanford Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Sanford Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Sanford, Maine crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Sanford crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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