Crime Score for ZIP 04109, Portland, ME
Portland · Cumberland County · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 81.93% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#2,191
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Maine rank
#5
of 23 in state
Score index
123.3
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 04109 covers part of Portland in Cumberland County, Maine. In June 2026 it scored in the 81.9th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a High Crime rating, in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #2,191, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Maine it ranks #5 of 23. That is 16.3 points above the Maine median of 65.6.
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.
Nearby ZIP codes
3 of 6 score lower than 04109. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 04109
- Is ZIP code 04109 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 04109 scores in the 81.9th percentile for reported crime as of June 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter 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 04109 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 04109 compare with the rest of Maine?
- It ranks #5 of 23 scored ZIP codes in Maine, against a state median of the 65.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #2,191 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.