Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Laconia, NH Crime Grade
How Laconia 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Hampshire
10/10
vs. New Hampshire cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Laconia, NH was 183.9 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 17,400). That puts Laconia 43% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 57% above the New Hampshire statewide rate of 117.2.
That ranks Laconia #1,926 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 49% of them, and #27 of 29 in New Hampshire. Violent crime is up 27% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Laconia, NH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- New Hampshire Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 183.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,926 of 3,771
- NH rank
- #27 of 29
- Safer than
- 49% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 27%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 17,400
- Reporting agency
- Laconia Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Laconia Police Department (FBI ORI NH0011400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Laconia, NH
Also known as
- City of the Lakes
- Meredith Bridge
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. Laconia (red), New Hampshire (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Laconia 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 | 212.7(36) | 157.8(27) | 233.0(40) | 145.2(25) | 183.9(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 124.0(21) | 87.7(15) | 87.4(15) | 63.9(11) | 51.7(9) |
| Robbery | 17.7(3) | 11.7(2) | 52.4(9) | 46.5(8) | 11.5(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 70.9(12) | 58.4(10) | 93.2(16) | 29.0(5) | 120.7(21) |
| Property crime | 2451.4(415) | 2793.9(478) | 2591.6(445) | 2538.2(437) | 2454.0(427) |
| Burglary | 106.3(18) | 105.2(18) | 81.5(14) | 69.7(12) | 46.0(8) |
| Larceny | 2262.4(383) | 2560.1(438) | 2428.5(417) | 2317.5(399) | 2241.4(390) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 65.0(11) | 105.2(18) | 64.1(11) | 145.2(25) | 166.7(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Laconia, 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 Laconia 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 Laconia calculated?
- Laconia'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 Laconia 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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