Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Bath

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Bath NH 5-26-26Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Safety in Bath · Not graded

Crime reported in Bath, NH

Bath’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
5
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
7 mi
Haverhill (B)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported

And no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (4.5)Violent crime (0)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Bath0.0
Rest of NH1.1
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Bath4.5
Rest of NH8.2
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Bath’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New Hampshire. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

Show as a table
YearBathRest of New HampshireBathRest of New Hampshire
2022not reported10.4not reported1.3
2023not reported9.1not reported1.1
20242.79.20.01.1
20254.58.20.01.1

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

5 crimes reported in 2025

0 violent and 5 property, as reported to the FBI by Bath’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft5
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
5
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest New Hampshire towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
HaverhillB7 mi1.111.0
LisbonA+8 mi0.22.8
LittletonB−15 mi1.311.9
LincolnB−19 mi0.615.1
BethlehemA−19 mi0.66.6
OrfordA21 mi0.54.5

Straight-line distance from the center of Bath. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Bath.

On the roads

Three people died in crashes on Bath’s roads in 2019–2023

Bath had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.

That is about what is typical for New Hampshire towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bath’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bath’s own rate (54.7) is context, not a ranking.

3
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
54.7
per 100,000 a year · New Hampshire towns of 2,500–5,000: 10.1

Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.

Next door

Bath and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
HaverhillB1.111.0

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
  • One number for all of Bath. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
  • Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bath’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,117 in 2025); our figure for Bath is 1,112 (2025 Census estimate).
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.

How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →

Questions about safety in Bath

Is Bath, NH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Bath. Bath’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest New Hampshire towns with a grade are Haverhill (B, 7 mi), Lisbon (A+, 8 mi), Littleton (B−, 15 mi).

Who polices Bath?

Bath’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bath”. Its figures are the ones on this page.

Heads-up board

Neighbors looking out for each other in Bath.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Bath feel safe walking around at night?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Post a heads-up

Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.

Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.