AUGUSTA, Maine — Crime continues to decrease in Maine for the eighth consecutive year, dropping 6.6 percent during 2019, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.

The total decline during the past eight years is 56.1 percent. Crime dropped 9.3 in 2018, 8.2 percent in 2017, 8.7 percent in 2016, 7.1 percent in 2015, 13 percent in 2014, 8.3 percent in 2013, and 1.5 percent in 2012.

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