Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Concord sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Concord grades B− for safety (#113 of 124 graded towns in New Hampshire): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NH” is every other New Hampshire city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Concord
5 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Hampshire towns on Concord’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Hopkinton (A+), Loudon (A), Bow (A), Boscawen (A), Pembroke (A−). Canterbury reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Hampshire towns, lower
New Hampshire’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Concord’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 9% of the 124 New Hampshire towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Concord has 39,413 jobs based in town for 44,597 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Concord’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Concord’s police reported 232 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of New Hampshire and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Concord | Rest of New Hampshire | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Hampshire.
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| Year | Concord property | Rest of New Hampshire property | Concord violent | Rest of New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 14.0 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
711 crimes reported in 2025
81 violent and 630 property, as reported to the FBI by Concord’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on Concord’s roads in 2019–2023
Concord had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Hampshire towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.7, 9 towns).
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.
Concord and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Canterbury reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Concord. 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 Concord’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,834 in 2025); our figure for Concord is 44,597 (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 Concord
Is Concord, NH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Concord reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #113 of 124 in New Hampshire. Its police reported 1.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of New Hampshire and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Concord?
1.7 violent and 13.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Hampshire reports 1.1 and 8.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Concord?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Concord in 2025?
Concord’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Concord safer than Pembroke?
Pembroke reports less crime per resident than Concord: Pembroke grades A− for safety and Concord B−. Pembroke’s police reported 1.7 violent and 3.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Concord?
Concord’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Concord”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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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.