Is ZIP code 04048 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 04048 scores in the 24.2th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Low Crime rating: among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 04048 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 04048 compare with the rest of Maine?

It ranks #21 of 37 scored ZIP codes in Maine, against a state median of the 60.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #8,401 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 04048, Lake Arrowhead, ME

Lake Arrowhead · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Low Crime

Lower crime than 75.77% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#8,401

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Maine rank

#21

of 37 in state

Score index

35.2

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 04048 covers part of Lake Arrowhead in Maine. In September 2026 it scored in the 24.2th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Low Crime rating, among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.

Nationally it ranks #8,401, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Maine it ranks #21 of 37. That is 36.2 points below the Maine median of 60.4.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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Nearby ZIP codes

2 of 6 score lower than 04048. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 04048

Is ZIP code 04048 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 04048 scores in the 24.2th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Low Crime rating: among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 04048 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 04048 compare with the rest of Maine?: It ranks #21 of 37 scored ZIP codes in Maine, against a state median of the 60.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #8,401 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.