Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Durham, NH Crime Grade
How Durham 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Hampshire
5/10
vs. New Hampshire cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Durham, NH was 92.1 per 100,000 residents (14 incidents over a population of 15,196). That puts Durham 72% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 21% below the New Hampshire statewide rate of 117.2.
That ranks Durham #1,031 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 73% of them, and #14 of 29 in New Hampshire. Violent crime is up 126% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Durham, NH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- New Hampshire Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 92.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,031 of 3,771
- NH rank
- #14 of 29
- Safer than
- 73% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 126%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 15,196
- Reporting agency
- Durham Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Durham Police Department (FBI ORI NH0090600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Durham, NH
Also known as
- Oyster River
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. Durham (red), New Hampshire (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Durham 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 | 106.8(18) | 57.9(9) | 50.2(7) | 40.8(6) | 92.1(14) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 89.0(15) | 38.6(6) | 43.0(6) | 34.0(5) | 59.2(9) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 6.4(1) | 7.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 17.8(3) | 12.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 32.9(5) |
| Property crime | 255.2(43) | 321.5(50) | 215.0(30) | 231.0(34) | 197.4(30) |
| Burglary | 29.7(5) | 19.3(3) | 7.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Larceny | 213.7(36) | 289.4(45) | 193.5(27) | 210.6(31) | 184.3(28) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 11.9(2) | 12.9(2) | 14.3(2) | 13.6(2) | 13.2(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Durham, 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 Durham 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 Durham calculated?
- Durham'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 Durham 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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