What is the safest city in New Hampshire?

Based on 2024 FBI data, Merrimack is the safest city in New Hampshire with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in New Hampshire?

Hinsdale has the highest violent crime rate in New Hampshire at 571.4 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in New Hampshire report crime data?

187 cities in New Hampshire reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in New Hampshire (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. New Hampshire has 187 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 110.1 per 100K.

187

Cities Tracked

0.0

Safest City Rate

40.1

Median City Rate

571.4

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in New Hampshire

#	City	Population	Property Rate	Grade
1	Merrimack	29,650	344.0	A+
2	Hanover	12,421	450.8	A+
3	Hopkinton	6,143	227.9	A+
4	Loudon	5,769	398.7	A+
5	Rye	5,622	355.7	A+
6	Newton	4,830	227.7	A+
7	Lee	4,618	649.6	A+
8	Strafford	4,362	114.6	A+
9	Candia	4,228	331.1	A+
10	Grantham	3,502	114.2	A+
11	Warner	2,974	201.7	A+
12	New Durham	2,813	248.8	A+
13	Mont Vernon	2,701	222.1	A+
14	Bethlehem	2,558	508.2	A+
15	East Kingston	2,436	246.3	A+
16	Newbury	2,300	478.3	A+
17	Northumberland	2,115	331.0	A+
18	Kensington	2,092	239.0	A+
19	Sutton	2,060	0.0	A+
20	Madbury	1,961	102.0	A+
21	Middleton	1,858	161.5	A+
22	Newfields	1,774	281.8	A+
23	Hancock	1,757	284.6	A+
24	Lyme	1,738	115.1	A+
25	Bradford	1,736	115.2	A+

Most Dangerous Cities in New Hampshire

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Hinsdale	4,025	571.4	0.0	F
2	Winchester	4,285	443.4	0.0	F
3	Newport	6,446	372.3	0.0	F
4	Manchester	115,464	336.0	1.7	D
5	Washington	1,209	330.9	0.0	D
6	Jaffrey	5,562	233.7	0.0	D+
7	Chichester	2,807	213.8	0.0	D+
8	Andover	2,439	205.0	0.0	D+
9	Conway	10,441	201.1	9.6	D+
10	Swanzey	7,478	200.6	0.0	D+
11	Waterville Valley	519	192.7	0.0	C
12	Center Harbor	1,047	191.0	0.0	C
13	Claremont	13,165	189.9	0.0	C
14	Farmington	6,880	189.0	0.0	C
15	Portsmouth	22,969	187.2	0.0	C

All 187 Cities in New Hampshire

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 187 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	Merrimack	29,650	0.0	A+
2	Hanover	12,421	0.0	A+
3	Hopkinton	6,143	0.0	A+
4	Loudon	5,769	0.0	A+
5	Rye	5,622	0.0	A+
6	Newton	4,830	0.0	A+
7	Lee	4,618	0.0	A+
8	Strafford	4,362	0.0	A+
9	Candia	4,228	0.0	A+
10	Grantham	3,502	0.0	A+
11	Warner	2,974	0.0	A+
12	New Durham	2,813	0.0	A+
13	Mont Vernon	2,701	0.0	A+
14	Bethlehem	2,558	0.0	A+
15	East Kingston	2,436	0.0	A+
16	Newbury	2,300	0.0	A+
17	Northumberland	2,115	0.0	A+
18	Kensington	2,092	0.0	A+
19	Sutton	2,060	0.0	A+
20	Madbury	1,961	0.0	A+
21	Middleton	1,858	0.0	A+
22	Newfields	1,774	0.0	A+
23	Hancock	1,757	0.0	A+
24	Lyme	1,738	0.0	A+
25	Bradford	1,736	0.0	A+
26	Lyndeborough	1,704	0.0	A+
27	Greenfield	1,698	0.0	A+
28	Cornish	1,658	0.0	A+
29	Lincoln	1,649	0.0	A+
30	Lisbon	1,643	0.0	A+
31	Dublin	1,596	0.0	A+
32	Sandwich	1,563	0.0	A+
33	Rumney	1,500	0.0	A+
34	Wilmot	1,485	0.0	A+
35	Mason	1,460	0.0	A+
36	Woodstock	1,442	0.0	A+
37	Grafton	1,425	0.0	A+
38	Springfield	1,338	0.0	A+
39	Danbury	1,310	0.0	A+
40	Franconia	1,147	0.0	A+
41	Bath	1,117	0.0	A+
42	Jackson	1,083	0.0	A+
43	Harrisville	1,008	0.0	A+
44	New Castle	1,001	0.0	A+
45	South Hampton	897	0.0	A+
46	Wentworth	850	0.0	A+
47	Carroll	836	0.0	A+
48	Warren	835	0.0	A+
49	Goshen	816	0.0	A+
50	Piermont	773	0.0	A+
51	Sugar Hill	688	0.0	A
52	Hebron	665	0.0	A
53	Groton	585	0.0	A
54	Roxbury	223	0.0	A
55	Bedford	23,893	8.4	A
56	Amherst	11,922	8.4	A
57	Hollis	8,846	11.3	A
58	Litchfield	8,514	11.7	A
59	Gilford	7,926	12.6	A
60	Stratham	7,776	12.9	A
61	Atkinson	7,434	13.5	A
62	Wakefield	6,414	15.6	A
63	Kingston	6,328	15.8	A
64	Auburn	6,239	16.0	A
65	New Boston	6,205	16.1	A
66	Windham	16,158	18.6	A
67	Chester	5,327	18.8	A
68	Barnstead	5,053	19.8	A
69	Deerfield	4,992	20.0	A
70	Barrington	9,625	20.8	A
71	North Hampton	4,532	22.1	A
72	Greenland	4,118	24.3	A
73	Gilmanton	4,110	24.3	A
74	Wilton	3,995	25.0	A
75	Canaan	3,809	26.3	A
76	Sunapee	3,480	28.7	A
77	Lancaster	3,243	30.8	A
78	Dunbarton	3,159	31.7	A
79	Sanbornton	3,075	32.5	A
80	Tamworth	2,942	34.0	A
81	Pelham	14,606	34.2	A
82	Brookline	5,816	34.4	A
83	Thornton	2,883	34.7	A
84	Bow	8,437	35.6	A
85	Madison	2,759	36.2	A
86	Milford	16,517	36.3	A
87	Nottingham	5,449	36.7	A
88	Exeter	16,203	37.0	A
89	Goffstown	18,517	37.8	A
90	Plaistow	7,826	38.3	B+
91	Plainfield	2,569	38.9	B+
92	Whitefield	2,540	39.4	B+
93	Epsom	5,019	39.8	B+
94	Charlestown	4,985	40.1	B+
95	Canterbury	2,481	40.3	B+
96	Londonderry	26,974	40.8	B+
97	Durham	14,718	40.8	B+
98	New Hampton	2,444	40.9	B+
99	Fremont	4,883	41.0	B+
100	Hampton Falls	2,395	41.8	B+
101	Brentwood	4,742	42.2	B+
102	Wolfeboro	6,681	44.9	B+
103	Rindge	6,630	45.2	B+
104	Peterborough	6,529	45.9	B+
105	Dover	33,696	47.5	B+
106	Greenville	2,006	49.9	B+
107	Ashland	1,971	50.7	B+
108	Deering	1,931	51.8	B+
109	Alstead	1,927	51.9	B+
110	Newmarket	9,490	52.7	B+
111	Walpole	3,716	53.8	B+
112	Raymond	11,056	54.3	B+
113	Hampstead	9,164	54.6	B+
114	New Ipswich	5,417	55.4	B+
115	Alexandria	1,768	56.6	B+
116	Sandown	6,689	59.8	B+
117	Francestown	1,653	60.5	B+
118	Danville	4,631	64.8	B+
119	Belmont	7,458	67.0	B+
120	Hooksett	15,454	71.2	B
121	Hudson	25,672	74.0	B
122	Gorham	2,676	74.7	B
123	Tuftonboro	2,673	74.8	B
124	Rollinsford	2,665	75.0	B
125	Moultonborough	5,314	75.3	B
126	Rochester	33,831	76.9	B
127	Orford	1,247	80.2	B
128	Fitzwilliam	2,482	80.6	B
129	Bridgewater	1,191	84.0	B
130	Haverhill	4,605	86.9	B
131	Milton	4,591	87.1	B
132	Bartlett	3,372	89.0	B
133	Franklin	8,805	90.9	B
134	Marlborough	2,194	91.2	B
135	Pembroke	7,635	91.7	B
136	Colebrook	2,112	94.7	B
137	Lebanon	15,709	95.5	B
138	Weare	9,235	97.5	B
139	Holderness	2,036	98.2	B
140	Alton	6,087	98.6	B
141	Littleton	6,047	99.2	B
142	Webster	1,984	100.8	B
143	Meredith	6,810	102.8	B
144	Hampton	16,477	103.2	B
145	Epping	7,692	104.0	B
146	Salem	31,962	106.4	C+
147	Ossipee	4,630	108.0	C+
148	Derry	34,207	108.2	C+
149	Chesterfield	3,683	108.6	C+
150	Antrim	2,712	110.6	C+
151	Enfield	4,495	111.2	C+
152	Pittsburg	843	118.6	C+
153	Newington	825	121.2	C+
154	Bristol	3,290	121.6	C+
155	Berlin	9,477	126.6	C+
156	Northwood	4,700	127.7	C+
157	Bennington	1,507	132.7	C+
158	Plymouth	6,598	136.4	C+
159	Henniker	6,244	144.1	C+
160	Pittsfield	4,152	144.5	C+
161	Campton	3,451	144.9	C+
162	Laconia	17,217	145.2	C+
163	Hillsborough	5,998	150.1	C
164	Northfield	5,068	157.9	C
165	Nashua	90,938	160.5	C
166	Seabrook	8,409	166.5	C
167	Tilton	4,180	167.5	C
168	Allenstown	4,769	167.8	C
169	Keene	22,874	179.2	C
170	Somersworth	12,270	179.3	C
171	Concord	44,827	180.7	C
172	Troy	2,207	181.2	C
173	Portsmouth	22,969	187.2	C
174	Farmington	6,880	189.0	C
175	Claremont	13,165	189.9	C
176	Center Harbor	1,047	191.0	C
177	Waterville Valley	519	192.7	C
178	Swanzey	7,478	200.6	D+
179	Conway	10,441	201.1	D+
180	Andover	2,439	205.0	D+
181	Chichester	2,807	213.8	D+
182	Jaffrey	5,562	233.7	D+
183	Washington	1,209	330.9	D
184	Manchester	115,464	336.0	D
185	Newport	6,446	372.3	F
186	Winchester	4,285	443.4	F
187	Hinsdale	4,025	571.4	F

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

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