2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Waterville, ME vs Dover, DE

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- Dover has 47% more violent crime than Waterville.
- Dover has 12% more property crime than Waterville.
 Waterville, MEDover, DEUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock37.522.7
 Property Crime61.6  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Waterville    8 Reviews

just spend 15 years living in LA and loving it, but now I'm retired and I am priced out. staying in Maine with family. do I move to Central Maine with its myriad  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have lived here for a decade but only started looking for office space in the last few months. There are lots of affordable places  More

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Over 11 years ago

Maine in general, and Waterville in particular, have been a wonderful place to homeschool our three children. We are able to work with as much or as little interaction  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Waterville, MaineCrime Index
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 Hallowell, ME18.7
 Gardiner, ME24.75
 Waterville, ME40.75
 Augusta, ME46.8

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