Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Haverhill fell 51% from 2023 to 2025
In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Haverhill at B (#102 of 124 graded towns in New Hampshire): close to the middle of U.S. towns. Violence and property crime split as 1.1 violent crimes and 11.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 1.1 and 8.8 in the rest of New Hampshire.
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 Haverhill
Among New Hampshire towns, closer to the middle
New Hampshire’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Haverhill’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 18% of the 124 New Hampshire towns we grade, against 57% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Haverhill’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Haverhill property | Rest of New Hampshire property | Haverhill violent | Rest of New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 13.9 | 9.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Hampshire.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Haverhill | Rest of New Hampshire | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Haverhill’s police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of New Hampshire and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Haverhill per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
35 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
4 violent and 31 property, as reported to the FBI by Haverhill’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Haverhill’s roads in 2019–2023
Haverhill 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 Haverhill’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Haverhill’s own rate (8.7) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Haverhill and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bath reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Hampshire towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haverhill | B | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| Danville | A+ | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Lee | A | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Northwood | A | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| Milton | B | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Ossipee | B | 1.4 | 9.9 |
The five graded New Hampshire towns closest to Haverhill’s population (4,667), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Haverhill. 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 Haverhill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,629 in 2025); our figure for Haverhill is 4,667 (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 Haverhill
Is Haverhill, NH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Haverhill reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #102 of 124 in New Hampshire. Its police reported 1.1 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 Haverhill?
1.1 violent and 11.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Hampshire reports 1.1 and 8.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Haverhill?
Haverhill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Haverhill Police Department”. 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.