Photo: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Nashua records less violent crime than 60% of U.S. towns
Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Nashua’s letter overall is B (#103 of 124 graded towns in New Hampshire): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 1.3 violent crimes and 10.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 1.1 and 8.7 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 Nashua
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 New Hampshire towns on Nashua’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Litchfield (A+), Hollis (A+), Merrimack (A), Hudson (B). Neighbors ↓
Among New Hampshire towns, closer to the middle
New Hampshire’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Nashua’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 17% of the 124 New Hampshire towns we grade, against 56% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Nashua’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Nashua | Rest of New Hampshire | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Nashua’s police reported 353 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Nashua 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Nashua property | Rest of New Hampshire property | Nashua violent | Rest of New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | 10.1 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 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.
1,025 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.
98 violent and 927 property, as reported to the FBI by Nashua’s police.
21 people died in crashes on Nashua’s roads in 2019–2023
Nashua had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 4.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Nashua and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashua | B | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| Merrimack | A | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Hollis | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Hudson | B | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| Litchfield | A+ | 0.2 | 1.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Hampshire towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashua | B | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| Manchester | C | 3.5 | 16.1 |
The five graded New Hampshire towns closest to Nashua’s population (92,435), 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 Nashua. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Nashua’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (92,016 in 2025); our figure for Nashua is 92,435 (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 Nashua
Is Nashua, NH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Nashua reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #103 of 124 in New Hampshire. Its police reported 1.3 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 Nashua?
1.3 violent and 10.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Hampshire reports 1.1 and 8.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Nashua in 2025?
Nashua’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Nashua safer than Merrimack?
Merrimack reports less crime per resident than Nashua: Merrimack grades A for safety and Nashua B. Merrimack’s police reported 0.1 violent and 3.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Nashua?
Nashua’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Nashua”. 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.