Photo: cappi thompson from Gorham, New Hampshire, USA · CC BY 2.0Laconia records more property crime per head than 85% of U.S. towns
Its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 1.9 violent crimes and 24.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 1.1 and 8.6 in the rest of New Hampshire. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Laconia at C− (#122 of 124 graded towns in New Hampshire): more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 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 Laconia
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 New Hampshire towns on Laconia’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Sanbornton (A), Meredith (B+), Gilford (B+), Belmont (B). Neighbors ↓
Among New Hampshire towns, lower
New Hampshire’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Laconia’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 2% of the 124 New Hampshire towns we grade, against 24% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Laconia’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 (1.9) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Laconia | Rest of New Hampshire | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Laconia’s police reported 96 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 Laconia 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Laconia property | Rest of New Hampshire property | Laconia violent | Rest of New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.5 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 24.9 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 25.3 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | 24.5 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
459 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.
32 violent and 427 property, as reported to the FBI by Laconia’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Laconia’s roads in 2019–2023
Laconia had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for New Hampshire towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Laconia’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Laconia’s own rate (8.2) 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.
Laconia and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laconia | C− | 1.9 | 24.9 |
| Meredith | B+ | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| Gilford | B+ | 0.5 | 10.8 |
| Belmont | B | 1.2 | 8.9 |
| Sanbornton | A | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Hampshire towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laconia | C− | 1.9 | 24.9 |
| Windham | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Milford | A | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| Goffstown | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Exeter | A− | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| Hampton | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
The five graded New Hampshire towns closest to Laconia’s population (17,246), 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 Laconia. 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 Laconia’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,400 in 2025); our figure for Laconia is 17,246 (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 Laconia
Is Laconia, NH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Laconia reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #122 of 124 in New Hampshire. Its police reported 1.9 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 Laconia?
1.9 violent and 24.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Hampshire reports 1.1 and 8.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Laconia safer than Meredith?
Meredith reports less crime per resident than Laconia: Meredith grades B+ for safety and Laconia C−. Meredith’s police reported 1.0 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Laconia?
Laconia’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Laconia”. 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.