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Safety in Portland

Portland ranks T#35 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 74 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 75th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Maine.

safety score
74
Very Fun
National rank
T#35 of 134
In Maine
#1 of 1
Percentile
75th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Portland sits 24 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Portland

  1. #33 Madison, WI 76
  2. #34 Fort Wayne, IN 75
  3. T#35 Portland, ME — this page 74
  4. #37 Santa Barbara, CA 73
  5. #38 Anaheim, CA 72

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Portland

Portland scores 100 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: