South End is a neighborhood of 14,700 residents in Nashua, about 4 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is South End in Nashua safe?
Yes, crime in South End is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, South End sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 48% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. Nashua as a whole grades A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within South End run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 828 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than South End as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. South End scores 828.
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 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 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
Most of South End grades well: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across South End run from A+ to C+; 36% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
90%10%
A or B 90%C 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
South End has less crime than 3 of the 7 neighborhoods in Nashua. It covers much of the South End and Mine Falls Park areas.
Is crime going up in Nashua?
Reported crime in Nashua as a whole has held about steady since 2019: violent crime is up 8% and property crime down 3%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.5 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 21% and property crime rose 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, Nashua
Violent, US
Property, Nashua
Property, US
2016
+23%
+4%
+7%
+15%
2017
+14%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
+0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-20%
+4%
-30%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
-17%
-10%
2022
+6%
+5%
-17%
-6%
2023
-11%
+2%
-16%
-7%
2024
+8%
-4%
-3%
-15%
Crime rates and types in South End
CrimeGrade™ estimates South End has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% more than the US as a whole and 81% more than Nashua as a whole.
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.
Theft makes up about 48% of crime reported in South End. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 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. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% 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)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
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 South End compares with nearby neighborhoods
South End has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
One thing 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 and robbery. 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 and assault. 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 crime costs South End
Crime costs South End about $1,199 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $15 million a year, or $986 per resident.
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 South End 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. 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.
Schools in South End, Nashua, NH average a SchoolGrade of D-: 33% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in South End on SchoolGrade
