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Safety in Fitzwilliam · Not graded

Crime recorded in Fitzwilliam, and why it isn’t graded

Rindge has a Safety Grade of A; no graded town is nearer. Fitzwilliam’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
4
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
8
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
7 mi
Rindge (A)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported

Property crime (3.2)Violent crime (1.6)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Fitzwilliam1.6
Rest of NH1.1
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Fitzwilliam3.2
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.

And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Fitzwilliam’s police reported

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YearFitzwilliamRest of New HampshireFitzwilliamRest of New Hampshire
20223.310.40.41.3
2023not reported9.1not reported1.1
20243.29.20.81.1
20253.28.21.61.1

Crimes per 1,000 residents

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.

What gets reported

12 crimes reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft5
Burglary2
Vehicle theft1
Aggravated assault3
Robbery0
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson0
4
violent crimes
8
property crimes

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

4 violent and 8 property, as reported to the FBI by Fitzwilliam’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest New Hampshire towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
RindgeA7 mi0.36.0
JaffreyB7 mi1.95.8
MarlboroughA9 mi1.12.7
SwanzeyB10 mi2.54.6
WinchesterB−13 mi2.211.3
New IpswichA−14 mi0.66.9

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

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

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Fitzwilliam’s roads in 2019–2023

Fitzwilliam had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two 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 Fitzwilliam’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fitzwilliam’s own rate (17.6) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
17.6
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

Fitzwilliam and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Troy———
JaffreyB1.95.8
RindgeA0.36.0
Richmond———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Troy reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Richmond has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.

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

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 Fitzwilliam. 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 Fitzwilliam’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,516 in 2025); our figure for Fitzwilliam is 2,500 (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 Fitzwilliam

Is Fitzwilliam, NH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Fitzwilliam. The nearest New Hampshire towns with a grade are Rindge (A, 7 mi), Jaffrey (B, 7 mi), Marlborough (A, 9 mi).

Who polices Fitzwilliam?

Fitzwilliam’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fitzwilliam”. 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.