I don't know how you do it. It was 65 degrees this morning and I had a light jacket on. I bet guns won't fire in Maine during the winter because it's too cold.
Here's a real safe city in Arkansas just south of Little Rock.
Pine Bluff Crime Statistics (AR) - CityRating.com
Pine Bluff sucks the shit out of Portland Maine's ass:
Portland Crime Statistics (ME) - CityRating.com
Forcible Rape is pretty high. I'm guessing this is caused by boredom during the Winter months. I'm surprised Maine provides crime statistics for farm animals.
You are right. If you go to Portland, more than likely you will be the victim of forceible rape.
But if you go to Pine Bluff, your badly beaten and charred body will be found murdered in your ransacked and burnt down house...with your car nowhere to be found.