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Franconia NH 8-2-2025Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0
Safety in Franconia · Not graded

Crime reported in Franconia, NH

Franconia’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. 2 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles. The closest graded town is Lincoln, 6 miles away, at B−.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
6
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
6 mi
Lincoln (B−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

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

Property crime (5.2)Violent crime (0)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Franconia0.0
Rest of NH1.1
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Franconia5.2
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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Franconia’s police reported

Show as a table
YearFranconiaRest of New HampshireFranconiaRest of New Hampshire
20226.410.40.91.3
2023not reported9.1not reported1.1
20244.49.20.01.1
20255.28.20.01.1

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

6 crimes reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft4
Burglary0
Vehicle theft2
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
6
property crimes

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

0 violent and 6 property, as reported to the FBI by Franconia’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest New Hampshire towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
LincolnB−6 mi0.615.1
BethlehemA−6 mi0.66.6
LisbonA+12 mi0.22.8
WhitefieldA+14 mi0.42.1
LittletonB−14 mi1.311.9
ThorntonA16 mi0.62.5

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Franconia’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Franconia’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Franconia’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
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

Franconia and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
LincolnB−0.615.1
BethlehemA−0.66.6

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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 Franconia. 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 Franconia’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,156 in 2025); our figure for Franconia is 1,143 (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 Franconia

Is Franconia, NH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Franconia. The nearest New Hampshire towns with a grade are Lincoln (B−, 6 mi), Bethlehem (A−, 6 mi), Lisbon (A+, 12 mi).

Who polices Franconia?

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