What is the crime rate in Salem, NH?

In 2025, the Salem Police Department reported 47 violent crimes and 490 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 147 violent and 1,531 property crimes per 100,000 of the 31,998 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: 147
Property per 100,000: 1,531
Violent crimes: 47
Property crimes: 490

Crime reported by the Salem 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	42	136	506	1,643	30,796
2024	34	106	632	1,977	31,962
2025	47	147	490	1,531	31,998

Violent crimes reported went from 42 in 2023 to 47 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 506 in 2023 to 490 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.

Salem against New Hampshire and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Salem	147	1,531
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 Salem, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Salem	—	147	1,531
Methuen	3.8 mi	114	592
Windham	4.4 mi	31	264
Atkinson	4.5 mi	67	54
Lawrence	6.8 mi	361	899
Haverhill	6.8 mi	330	674
Hampstead	6.9 mi	87	534
Pelham	7.1 mi	68	378
Derry	7.5 mi	144	629

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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