What is the crime rate in Gilford, NH?

In 2025, the Gilford Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 65 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 101 violent and 820 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,923 residents it serves.

Across New Hampshire the rates were 119 and 829.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 101
Property per 100,000: 820
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 65

Crime reported by the Gilford Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	4	50	100	1,262	7,927
2024	1	13	92	1,161	7,926
2025	8	101	65	820	7,923

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 100 in 2023 to 65 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Gilford against New Hampshire and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Gilford	101	820
Belknap County	127	1,307
New Hampshire	119	829
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Gilford, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Gilford	—	101	820
Gilmanton	6.1 mi	73	195
Belmont	6.2 mi	174	980
Laconia	6.6 mi	184	2,448
Alton	7.1 mi	33	559
Meredith	9.9 mi	73	495
Tilton	11 mi	337	3,976
Sanbornton	11 mi	98	163
Tuftonboro	12 mi	37	411

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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