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Maine Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 1,321,505, Maine had a total crime index of 33,400 or 1 crime for every 39,57 people.

Of which 4.44% (1,483) were of a violent nature while 95.48% (31,889) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	19
Forced Rape	326
Robbery	323
Aggravated Assault	815

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	6,323
Larceny & Theft	24,218
Vehicle Theft	1,348

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#5
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#2

*States are ranked from #1 (best) to #51 (worst) for each of the 50 states, including District of Columbia.

Year	Population	Crimes (total)	Violent Crimes (total)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crimes (total)	Burglary	Theft (larceny)	Theft (vehicle)
2004	1,314,966	33,104	1,364	18	315	289	742	31,740	6,341	24,096	1,303
2003	1,309,205	33,500	1,422	16	354	289	763	32,078	6,579	24,043	1,456
2002	1,294,894	34,381	1,396	14	377	270	735	32,985	6,965	24,591	1,429
2001	1,284,470	34,589	1,435	19	326	264	826	33,154	6,898	24,585	1,671
2000	1,274,923	33,400	1,397	15	320	247	815	32,003	6,775	23,906	1,322
1999	1,253,040	36,022	1,404	25	239	243	897	34,618	7,532	25,392	1,694
1998	1,244,000	37,826	1,565	25	225	263	1,052	36,261	8,295	26,457	1,509
1997	1,242,000	38,896	1,500	25	254	257	964	37,396	8,241	27,513	1,642
1996	1,243,000	42,189	1,553	25	260	292	976	40,636	9,303	29,557	1,776
1995	1,241,000	40,763	1,631	25	265	334	1,007	39,132	9,015	28,444	1,673
1994	1,240,000	40,582	1,611	28	318	278	987	38,971	8,938	28,257	1,776
1993	1,239,000	39,077	1,558	20	329	264	945	37,519	8,909	26,945	1,665
1992	1,235,000	43,516	1,616	21	294	288	1,013	41,900	10,156	29,966	1,778
1991	1,235,000	46,531	1,631	15	270	280	1,066	44,900	11,146	31,737	2,017
1990	1,227,928	45,406	1,759	30	242	308	1,179	43,647	10,106	31,372	2,169