Located in the United States’ northeastern region, New Hampshire is one of the New England states. It is bordered by Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, the Atlantic Ocean, and Quebec’s Canadian province.

New Hampshire is the 5th smallest and the 10th least populous state in the United States, with over 1.33 million residents. The capital is Concord, whereas the largest city is Manchester, which has approximately 110,000 residents.

New Hampshire was one of the first colonies and one of the founder states of the US. Moreover, it was the first state to have its own constitution. Its nickname is the Granite State, referring to its abundant resources of granite. Snowy mountains are typical of New Hampshire, so some of the most common activities include skiing, snowmobiling, and other winter sports, as well as hiking and mountaineering.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 3,000 residents were not included.

30 Safest Places in New Hampshire of September 2024

Crime Score in All Cities in New Hampshire of September 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of New Hampshire cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

• Under 3,000 Residents
• 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
• 10,000 – 30,000 Residents
• Over 30,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

10,000 – 30,000 Residents

Over 30,000 Residents

How safe do you feel?

Is your city safe enough? Are you worried because of the crime rate in your town? Do you have any thoughts on safety levels in the country?

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Archives

• Safest Places to Live in New Hampshire 2020
• Safest Places to Live in New Hampshire 2019
• Safest Places to Live in New Hampshire 2018
• Safest Places to Live in New Hampshire 2017
• Safest Places to Live in New Hampshire 2016

Sources:

• FBI Crime Reports
• Census
• Wikipedia