The crime rate in Maumee is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 30 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Maumee is 1 in 34. Based on FBI crime data, Maumee is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Ohio, Maumee has a crime rate that is higher than 93% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Maumee to other communities of similar population, then Maumee crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Maumee 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 Maumee 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 Maumee.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Maumee occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Maumee; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 507. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Maumee is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Maumee, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 36, which is a rate of 28 per one thousand population.