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How often it happens

Crime in New Hampshire

How rare it is

Violent crime is rare here. The FBI’s 2024 estimate is 110.1 violent crimes per 100,000 people. That’s about one violent crime per 900 residents in a year.

The U.S. rate was 359.1. New Hampshire was second-lowest of the 50 states. Only Maine was lower (100.1). In this count, violent crime is murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Murder was about 1 per 100,000. Property crime — burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft — was 918 per 100,000, also second-lowest of the 50 states. The U.S. property rate was 1,760. Idaho was the one state lower on property.

Compared with other states

Same FBI year, same per-100,000 scale. Bars run low to high. Maine is the only state under New Hampshire. Wyoming, Idaho, and Florida are here because people ask. Massachusetts is a common from-state. Tennessee is a common “what about there” state. The U.S. bar is the national estimate, not a state.

FBI 2024 · violent crime per 100,000

2024 violent crime rates: New Hampshire versus the United States and selected states, lowest to highest Maine 100.1 (only lower of the 50 states), New Hampshire 110.1, Connecticut 136.0, Rhode Island 153.6, Wyoming 203.4, Idaho 230.6, Florida 267.1, Massachusetts 314.7, United States 359.1, Tennessee 592.3, per 100,000 residents. New Hampshire Maine Other / U.S. 0 200 400 600 Maine 100.1 only lower New Hampshire 110.1 Connecticut 136.0 Rhode Island 153.6 Wyoming 203.4 Idaho 230.6 Florida 267.1 Massachusetts 314.7 United States 359.1 Tennessee 592.3 Only Maine is lower (50 states). Per 100,000 residents. Scale 0–600 so the short bars stay readable.
FBI Crime in the United States, 2024 Table 4 estimates. Rank is among the 50 states (Maine lowest, then New Hampshire). The District of Columbia is not a state and is much higher. Florida’s 2024 row carries a limited-data footnote in that table. Download the tables from the Crime Data Explorer. The FBI’s 2024 release note is here.

Punishment

Low crime is not the same as a high-prison state. At yearend 2023, New Hampshire held 151 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 residents. The U.S. rate was 360. The death penalty was repealed in 2019. Capital murder is life without parole.

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