#1Danville
Rockingham County · 4,650 people1.80 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.3, property 0.6
Danville, #1 on this list · Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0New Hampshire rankings · Safety
Safest towns in New Hampshire
Danville reports the least crime per resident of New Hampshire’s 124 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 79 of the 124 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 28 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
#1A+
#2Strafford
Strafford County · 4,338 people2.06 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.3, property 0.8
#3Deerfield
Rockingham County · 4,989 people2.07 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.2, property 1.3
All 124 towns
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
124 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
#TownWeighted rateViolentPropertyGrade
50BoscawenMerrimack County · 4,255 people · 2023 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer; 2024 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer1.02.7A
70New LondonMerrimack County · 4,411 people · 2023 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer; 2024 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer0.47.6A−
102HaverhillGrafton County · 4,667 people · 2023 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer; 2025 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer1.211.0B
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: Tilton, 42.68. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
Not ranked
2 towns without figures of their own
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 10 of New Hampshire’s counties and county sheriff figures for 8; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
- Fitzwilliam Cheshire County · 2,500 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Rochester Strafford County · 33,716 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which is the safest town in New Hampshire?
Danville (Rockingham County) reports the least crime per resident: 1.80 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.29 violent and 0.65 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports (2023 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer). Strafford (2.06) and Deerfield (2.07) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 2 New Hampshire towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
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