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Waterville, ME vs Lewiston, ME

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- Lewiston has 32% less violent crime than Waterville.
- Lewiston has 42% less property crime than Waterville.
 Waterville, MELewiston, MEUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock13.522.7
 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 Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  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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