Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0The crimes the grade counts rose 34% per resident in Winchester from 2023 to 2025
The overall Safety Grade is B− (#111 of 124 graded towns in New Hampshire), which means close to the middle of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, in a usual year, 2.2 violent crimes and 11.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of New Hampshire, 1.1 and 8.8. Among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 Winchester
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New Hampshire towns on Winchester’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Swanzey (B), Hinsdale (C−). Richmond has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Hampshire towns, lower
New Hampshire’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Winchester’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 10% of the 124 New Hampshire towns we grade, against 47% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Winchester’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.2) 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. Its property rate (11.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Winchester property | Rest of New Hampshire property | Winchester violent | Rest of New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Winchester | Rest of New Hampshire | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Winchester’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 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 Winchester 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.
60 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.
8 violent and 52 property, as reported to the FBI by Winchester’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Winchester’s roads in 2019–2023
Winchester had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three 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 Winchester’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Winchester’s own rate (14.2) 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.
Winchester and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | B− | 2.2 | 11.3 |
| Richmond | — | — | — |
| Swanzey | B | 2.5 | 4.6 |
| Hinsdale | C− | 3.8 | 25.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Richmond has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Hampshire towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | B− | 2.2 | 11.3 |
| Strafford | A+ | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Candia | A+ | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Boscawen | A | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| New London | A− | 0.4 | 7.6 |
| Pittsfield | A− | 1.0 | 5.7 |
The five graded New Hampshire towns closest to Winchester’s population (4,281), 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 Winchester. 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 Winchester’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,284 in 2025); our figure for Winchester is 4,281 (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 Winchester
Is Winchester, NH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Winchester reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #111 of 124 in New Hampshire. Its police reported 2.2 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 Winchester?
2.2 violent and 11.3 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 Winchester safer than Swanzey?
Swanzey reports less crime per resident than Winchester: Swanzey grades B for safety and Winchester B−. Swanzey’s police reported 2.5 violent and 4.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Winchester?
Winchester’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Winchester”. 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.