Maine Arrest Records Search

How to Look Up Arrest Records in Maine

Maine’s state law enforcement agency maintains all information related to crime reports and arrest records. They use an online system where the general public can freely search for both adult and juvenile records. Juvenile records differ from adult records. Pending cases (less than 2-years old) will also be included. Most results will be emailed within 2 hours, but in some cases, it may take up to 2 weeks for them to manually pull the information. For subscribers, the cost is $21, for non-subscribers and out-of-state subscribers the price is $31.

Victims & Offenders by Gender and Race

What Information You Can Find in a state Criminal Report?

A Maine arrest record will be complete with name, date of birth, age, race, gender, height, weight, physical description, address, and phone number. It will also show the booking details, the name of the arresting officer, the location where the arrest took place, the date of the arrest, and vehicle details if one was involved. Typically, an arrest record also contains mug shots, fingerprints, the arresting agencies details and other information about the crime.

Violent Crime Rates for the last 10 years

The crime rate has decreased over the past decade in Maine, going from 1,239 crimes in 2006 to 1,208 by 36% lower than it was back in 2006. The largest percentage of violent crimes falls into the Aggravated Assault category, with Revised Rape being the least popular crime in the state.

Maine Violent Crime Rate Change

Arrest Laws

A police officer in Maine can arrest someone according to the specifications on an arrest warrant. They can also arrest someone without a warrant when they have probable cause that someone committed or is committing a murder, Class A, B or C crime, an assault while hunting, assault, criminal threatening or stalking, domestic or child abuse, a sex offense, forgery, theft, violating probation, harassment, along with a whole list of other offenses.

The Arrest Rate in Maine

For the last year tallied, Maine had 43,449 arrests. That figure is down almost 4% from the previous year. Of that total, 6,443 were violent Part I offenses. The remainder, of 37,006 was Part II offenses that include vandalism, DUIs, fraud, sex offenses, drug charges, manslaughter, and other charges. 7.4% of the arrests were juveniles. 33% of the changes were for people between the ages of 25-34.

State Offender and Victim Age Group Statistics

Most of the violent crime offenders in Maine were 20-29 and the largest percentage of violent crime victims were 20-29.

Crime Victim Demographics

Residence Home is the place where the majority of crimes in Maine were committed, in most of the crime cases the offender was a stranger.

Maine Arrest Records by Type of Crime

The popular arrests for 2017 in Maine was for All Other Offenses (except traffic) - 14,755, the same popularity of the arrest type was seen in Alabama, Alaska, and Arizona. The least popularity had Drunkenness arrests - with only 24 crimes a year.