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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. Maine is the only state under New Hampshire. 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 Maine 100.1, New Hampshire 110.1, Connecticut 136.0, Rhode Island 153.6, Massachusetts 314.7, United States 359.1, Tennessee 592.3, per 100,000 residents. New Hampshire Other / U.S. 0 200 400 600 Maine 100.1 New Hampshire 110.1 Connecticut 136.0 Rhode Island 153.6 Massachusetts 314.7 United States 359.1 Tennessee 592.3 Per 100,000 residents. Scale 0–600 so the short bars stay readable.
FBI Crime in the United States, 2024 estimates. Rank is among the 50 states (Maine lowest, then New Hampshire). The District of Columbia is not a state and is much higher. Download the tables from the Crime Data Explorer. The FBI’s 2024 release note is here.

Towns still differ

Statewide is not every town. The map’s crime shade is 2024 reported violent plus property crime per 1,000 people. Blank towns have no local police report in the file. Missing is not zero, and it is not worse.

Town-by-town official reports live on NH Department of Safety TOPS. This page does not rank towns.

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 The death penalty was repealed in 2019.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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