The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Concord, NH
Concord is the capital of New Hampshire, a city of 47,700 in Merrimack County, about 17 miles north of downtown Manchester · Updated November 2026
Is Concord, NH safe?
Yes, crime in Concord is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Concord sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Concord run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 848 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Concord as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Concord scores 848.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Concord, NH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Concord, 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 in Concord
Burglary runs low. Concord has 0.47 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.4.
Car thefts happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Concord, 47% of reported car thefts happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Concord
Every part of Concord where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Concord run from A+ to B; 68% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Concord, the north side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Concord?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Concord is up 17% and property crime is down 33%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.6 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 14% and property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
ConcordUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Concord. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Concord
Violent, US
Property, Concord
Property, US
2016
+61%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
+51%
+4%
+3%
+12%
2018
+55%
+0%
+7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+24%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
-8%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
-10%
+5%
-26%
-6%
2023
+2%
+2%
-23%
-7%
2024
+16%
-4%
-33%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Concord
CrimeGrade™ estimates Concord has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 50% more than New Hampshire.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Concord is assault, about 42% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Concord
Concord has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Concord, 32% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at other places: 40% of them, against 7% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Other places (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Other places (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Other places (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Other places (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (43%)
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.
How Concord compares with nearby cities
Concord has the most crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Two things set Concord apart: it has 91 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 15.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.91 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% 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 and assault. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 68% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Concord: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.65% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 80% 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.4.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Concord 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 crime costs Concord
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Concord about $862 a year per household, 28% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $43 million a year, or $911 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.5 million
$52
Rape
$1.1 million
$23
Robbery
$470,000
$10
Assault
$6.2 million
$131
Burglary
$200,000
$4
Theft
$2.5 million
$53
Vehicle theft
$820,000
$17
Arson
$140,000
$3
Vandalism
$2.8 million
$58
Total
$17 million
$351
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Concord means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Concord, NH average a SchoolGrade of C+: 46% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Concord on SchoolGrade
