1 Safest Cities in New Hampshire (2023 FBI Crime Data)
These are the 1 safest cities in New Hampshire, ranked by per-capita crime rate using 2023 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data.New Hampshire has a statewide violent crime rate of 530.5 per 100,000 residents. The safest city in New Hampshire is Manchester with a Safety Context Score of 52/100. All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
| # | City | Population | Violent/100K | Property/100K | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 116K | 530.5 | 2,071 | C (52) |
All rates per 100,000 residents. Source: FBI UCR 2023.
Crime statistics for New Hampshire cities are derived from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data. All figures represent per-capita rates per 100,000 residents, not raw counts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on FBI crime data and our Safety Context Score, Manchester is the safest city in New Hampshire with a score of 52/100 (Grade C), a violent crime rate of 530.5 per 100,000, and a property crime rate of 2,071 per 100,000.
Cities are ranked using our Safety Context Score (0-100), which weighs violent crime rate vs. national average (40%), property crime rate vs. national average (30%), and 5-year trend direction (30%). All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
Crime in New Hampshire has increased 0.0% over the past 5 years based on FBI data.
Safety Context Score: violent crime vs. national average (40%), property crime vs. national average (30%), 5-year trend (30%). All rates per 100,000 residents.
The this entity category groups every U.S. city and county crime rates entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, 2026.