South End, Nashua, NH Property Crime Rates and Maps
South End is a neighborhood of 14,700 residents in Nashua, about 4 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in South End?
Property crime in South End sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Theft makes up 74% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A. Nashua as a whole grades A- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 786 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than South End as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. South End scores 786.
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 South End, Nashua, NH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in South End 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 South End
Car thefts happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Nashua as a whole, 39% of reported car thefts happen at stores and businesses, against 10% nationally.
Thefts run high. South End has thefts at about double the US rate: 26.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How South End compares within Nashua
Low property crime is the norm across South End: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across South End run from A to C.
90%10%
A or B 90%C 10%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
South End has less property crime than 2 of the 7 neighborhoods in Nashua. It covers much of the South End and Mine Falls Park areas.
Is property crime going up in Nashua?
Reported property crime in Nashua as a whole 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 departments that serve 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 South End
CrimeGrade™ estimates South End has about 36 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for Nashua as a whole.
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 South End, about 74% 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
The Nashua Police Department polices South End; these figures cover Nashua as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Nashua as a whole, 72% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% 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 South End and nearby neighborhoods
South End has less property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from South End. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, South End is safer than 81% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets South End apart: it has 31.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. It also combines many stores and restaurants with a lot of parking-lot space: places with both tend to report more theft and car theft than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.31.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for South End: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 61% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (34 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 51% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 South End
Property crime costs South End about $3.2 million a year, or $217 per resident and about $567 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 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. South End is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
