New Hampshire Crime Statistics

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New Hampshire Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 1,309,940, New Hampshire had a total crime index of 30,068 or 1 crime for every 43.57 people.

Of which 5.75% (1,729) were of a violent nature while 78.26% (23,532) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	18
Forced Rape	405
Robbery	359
Aggravated Assault	947

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	4,153
Larceny & Theft	18,042
Vehicle Theft	1.377

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#3
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#4

*States are ranked from #1 (best) to #51 (worst) for each of the 50 states, including District of Columbia.

Year	Population	Crimes (total)	Violent Crimes (total)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crimes (total)	Burglary	Theft (larceny)	Theft (vehicle)
2004	1,299,169	28,860	2,202	17	466	500	1,219	26,658	4,979	19,723	1,956
2003	1,288,705	28,393	1,937	17	438	480	1,002	26,456	4,589	19,934	1,933
2002	1,274,405	28,306	2,056	12	446	413	1,185	26,250	4,838	19,468	1,944
2001	1,259,359	29,233	2,144	17	458	445	1,224	27,089	4,889	20,060	2,140
2000	1,235,786	30,068	2,167	22	522	453	1,170	27,901	4,992	20,761	2,148
1999	1,201,134	27,406	1,159	18	345	257	539	26,247	3,698	21,195	1,354
1998	1,185,000	28,675	1,270	18	400	255	597	27,405	3,852	22,079	1,474
1997	1,173,000	30,963	1,328	16	395	274	643	29,635	4,612	23,430	1,593
1996	1,162,000	32,809	1,373	20	404	317	632	31,436	5,063	24,611	1,762
1995	1,148,000	30,484	1,314	21	333	314	646	29,170	4,806	22,698	1,666
1994	1,137,000	31,165	1,328	16	407	308	597	29,837	5,275	22,260	2,302
1993	1,125,000	32,681	1,550	23	499	307	721	31,131	5,795	23,153	2,183
1992	1,111,000	34,225	1,397	18	424	367	588	32,828	6,909	23,754	2,165
1991	1,105,000	38,098	1,318	40	330	365	583	36,780	8,126	26,220	2,434
1990	1,109,252	40,435	1,459	21	386	302	750	38,976	8,158	28,111	2,707