Bangor reported 4,124 crimes in 2024, the highest total crime rate of any city in Maine. Every figure below links to where it came from.
LEARN MOREPhoto: Central Street, downtown Bangor. David Wilson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Bangor is Maine's third-largest city. In 2024 it also had the state's highest reported crime rate, while downtown safety and homelessness kept coming up at City Council. The figures on this page come from police data, council records and local reporting, and each one links to its source.
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