Manchester is the largest city in New Hampshire, with 117,200 residents in Hillsborough County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Manchester?
Property crime in Manchester sits near the national middle: a B+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 766 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Manchester as a whole, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Manchester scores 766.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Manchester, NH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Manchester, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Manchester
Car thefts run high in Kalivas Union & Corey Square. In this part of central Manchester, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Manchester.
Burglaries are less common than in most cities graded B for property crime. Manchester has 0.93 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.7.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Manchester
Low property crime is the norm across Manchester: 83% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Manchester run from A+ to C-.
83%17%
A or B 83%C 17%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Wellington, northeastCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Manchester.A868
2South End, Southeast & Green Acres, southeastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Manchester.A-839
3Northwest & North End Manchester, northwestBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Manchester.A-825
4Hallsville, Youngsville & Eaton Heights, eastClose to the rest of Manchester on most crimes.B+762
5Bakersville & Wolfe Park, southwestClose to the rest of Manchester on most crimes.B+749
6Straw-Smyth, northCar thefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Manchester.B+726
7Highlands, Goffes Falls & Somerville, southThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Manchester.B+711
8Rimmon Heights, Piscataquog & Notre Dame, westCar thefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Manchester.B677
9Kalivas Union & Corey Square, centralBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Manchester.C+532
Neighborhood areas of Manchester, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Manchester?
Reported property crime in Manchester has fallen 31% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 24 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
ManchesterUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Manchester. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Manchester
Property, US
2016
+13%
+15%
2017
+9%
+12%
2018
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
-8%
2021
-4%
-10%
2022
+6%
-6%
2023
-29%
-7%
2024
-31%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Manchester
CrimeGrade™ estimates Manchester has about 25 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 75% more than New Hampshire.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Manchester, about 56% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Manchester
Manchester has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Manchester, 65% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 37% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (65%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Manchester and nearby cities
Manchester has the most property crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Manchester. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Manchester has more property crime than 55% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Manchester apart: it has a Walk Grade of C (40 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 65 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Even so, 52% of residents in Manchester live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.C (40 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Manchester: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.65 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.39% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 67% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 60% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Manchester
Property crime costs Manchester about $19 million a year, or $164 per resident and about $385 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$970,000
$8
Theft
$8.4 million
$72
Vehicle theft
$2.7 million
$23
Arson
$270,000
$2
Vandalism
$6.9 million
$59
Total
$19 million
$164
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
