Nashua is the second-largest city in New Hampshire, with 90,900 residents in Hillsborough County, about 17 miles south of downtown Manchester · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Nashua?
Property crime in Nashua sits near the national middle: an A-, safer than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Theft makes up 64% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 845 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Nashua as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Nashua scores 845.
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 Nashua, NH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Nashua, 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 Nashua
One part of Nashua stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Downtown Nashua & Crown Hill, in east Nashua, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglary is a strength. Nashua grades A- for property crime, but burglary grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 89% of Americans live.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Nashua
Low property crime is the norm across Nashua: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Nashua run from A+ to C.
95%
A or B 95%C 5%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Southeast Nashua, southeastThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Nashua.A886
2Northwest Nashua, northwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Nashua.A884
3North End & Northeast Nashua, northThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Nashua.A-816
4Nashua Historic District, northeastActs of vandalism run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Nashua.A-780
5South End & Mine Falls Park, centralCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Nashua.B+765
6Downtown Nashua & Crown Hill, eastThefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Nashua.B+709
Neighborhood areas of Nashua, 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 Nashua?
Reported property crime in Nashua has held about steady since 2019, within 3%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 12 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 14%.
Property crime, change since 2019
NashuaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Nashua. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Nashua
Property, US
2016
+7%
+15%
2017
+4%
+12%
2018
+0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-30%
-8%
2021
-17%
-10%
2022
-17%
-6%
2023
-16%
-7%
2024
-3%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Nashua
CrimeGrade™ estimates Nashua has about 18 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 26% less than the US as a whole and 25% 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 Nashua, about 64% 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 Nashua
Nashua has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Nashua, 72% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at stores and businesses: 39% of them, against 10% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (72%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Stores and businesses (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Nashua and nearby cities
Nashua has more property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Merrimack and Litchfield have the least property crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Nashua apart: it has 3.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Nashua: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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. 68% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 78% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 76% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.60 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.28% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Nashua on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Nashua
Property crime costs Nashua about $10 million a year, or $112 per resident and about $268 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
$270,000
$3
Theft
$5.3 million
$58
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$13
Arson
$120,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.3 million
$37
Total
$10 million
$112
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.
