Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in New London fell 85% from 2023 to 2025
Each year brought 0.4 violent crime and 7.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (1.1 and 8.8 in the rest of New Hampshire). On top of that, on violence it beats 89% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 65%. Taking everything together, New London scores A− (#68 of 124 graded towns in New Hampshire): less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 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 New London
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Hampshire towns on New London’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Sutton (A+), Wilmot (A+), Springfield (A), Newbury (A−), Sunapee (A−). Neighbors ↓
Among New Hampshire towns, closer to the middle
New Hampshire’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so New London’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 45% of the 124 New Hampshire towns we grade, against 78% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
New London is home to Colby-Sawyer College, with 727 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 21% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 New London’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 | New London property | Rest of New Hampshire property | New London violent | Rest of New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 14.7 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 0.4 | 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 | New London | Rest of New Hampshire | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
New London’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 New London 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
10 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.
2 violent and 8 property, as reported to the FBI by New London’s police.
Five people died in crashes on New London’s roads in 2019–2023
New London had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (3 of 5) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than 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 New London’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New London’s own rate (22.6) 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.
New London and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New London | A− | 0.4 | 7.6 |
| Sunapee | A− | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| Wilmot | A+ | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Sutton | A+ | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Newbury | A− | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| Springfield | A | 0.0 | 4.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Hampshire towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New London | A− | 0.4 | 7.6 |
| Strafford | A+ | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Enfield | A− | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| North Hampton | A− | 0.5 | 7.8 |
| Milton | B | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Winchester | B− | 2.2 | 11.3 |
The five graded New Hampshire towns closest to New London’s population (4,411), 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 New London. 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 New London’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,473 in 2025); our figure for New London is 4,411 (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 New London
Is New London, NH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New London reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #68 of 124 in New Hampshire. Its police reported 0.4 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 New London?
0.4 violent and 7.6 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.
Is New London safer than Sunapee?
Sunapee reports more crime per resident than New London: Sunapee grades A− for safety and New London A−. Sunapee’s police reported 0.7 violent and 7.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New London?
New London’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New London”. 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.