Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Derry, NH Crime Grade
How Derry grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New Hampshire — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Hampshire
8/10
vs. New Hampshire cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Derry, NH was 144.0 per 100,000 residents (49 incidents over a population of 34,024). That puts Derry Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 23% above the New Hampshire statewide rate of 117.2.
That ranks Derry #1,571 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #22 of 29 in New Hampshire. Violent crime is up 23% year over year and up 19% over the last five years.
Derry, NH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- New Hampshire Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 144.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,571 of 3,771
- NH rank
- #22 of 29
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 23%
- 5-year change
- up 19%
- Population
- 34,024
- Reporting agency
- Derry Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Derry Police Department (FBI ORI NH0081600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Derry, NH
Also known as
- Derry Depot
- West Derry
Location
1.6 km (1 mi) SW of Beaver lake and 16.1 km (10 mi) SE of the center of Manchester.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Derry (red), New Hampshire (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Derry vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 121.0(41) | 134.1(46) | 104.6(36) | 116.9(40) | 144.0(49) |
| Murder | 3.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 82.6(28) | 40.8(14) | 49.4(17) | 64.3(22) | 50.0(17) |
| Robbery | 3.0(1) | 8.7(3) | 5.8(2) | 5.8(2) | 5.9(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 32.5(11) | 84.6(29) | 46.5(16) | 46.8(16) | 88.2(30) |
| Property crime | 781.9(265) | 848.6(291) | 761.2(262) | 727.9(249) | 629.0(214) |
| Burglary | 53.1(18) | 58.3(20) | 49.4(17) | 46.8(16) | 20.6(7) |
| Larceny | 652.1(221) | 711.6(244) | 671.2(231) | 613.9(210) | 546.7(186) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 62.0(21) | 61.2(21) | 32.0(11) | 58.5(20) | 55.8(19) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Derry, NH Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Derry Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Derry calculated?
- Derry's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the New Hampshire state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to New Hampshire cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Derry Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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