With a crime rate of 36 per one thousand residents, Ellsworth has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 28. Within Maine, more than 99% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Ellsworth.

Importantly, when you compare Ellsworth to other communities of similar population, then Ellsworth crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Ellsworth does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Ellsworth does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Ellsworth.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Ellsworth's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Ellsworth is one in 672.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Ellsworth is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Ellsworth, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 29, which is a rate of 35 per one thousand population.