Crime Score for ZIP 04101, Portland, ME
Portland · Cumberland County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 92.04% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#867
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Maine rank
#1
of 23 in state
Score index
230.2
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 04101 covers part of Portland in Cumberland County, Maine. In July 2026 it scored in the 92.0th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Very High Crime rating, in the top tenth of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #867, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Maine it ranks #1 of 23. That is 26.4 points above the Maine median of 65.6. It rose 0.66 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 91.38 to 92.04.
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.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 92.04 | #867 | #1 |
| June 2026 | 91.38 | #1,045 | #1 |
Nearby ZIP codes
6 of 6 score lower than 04101. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 04101
- Is ZIP code 04101 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 04101 scores in the 92.0th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Very High Crime rating: in the top tenth of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 04101 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 04101 compare with the rest of Maine?
- It ranks #1 of 23 scored ZIP codes in Maine, against a state median of the 65.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #867 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.