What is the crime rate in Portsmouth, NH?

In 2025, the Portsmouth Police Department reported 48 violent crimes and 264 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 207 violent and 1,140 property crimes per 100,000 of the 23,157 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: 207
Property per 100,000: 1,140
Violent crimes: 48
Property crimes: 264

Crime reported by the Portsmouth 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	33	143	242	1,050	23,057
2024	43	187	299	1,302	22,969
2025	48	207	264	1,140	23,157

Violent crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 48 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 242 in 2023 to 264 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.

Portsmouth against New Hampshire and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Portsmouth	207	1,140
Rockingham County	86	677
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 Portsmouth, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Portsmouth	—	207	1,140
New Castle	3.2 mi	100	100
Greenland	3.6 mi	0	967
Rye	3.6 mi	35	264
Eliot	5.9 mi	13	157
North Hampton	6.1 mi	22	573
Stratham	6.9 mi	13	103
Durham	8.0 mi	92	204
Newmarket	8.4 mi	21	325

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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