Bartlett, NH is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 75% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bartlett, NH shows violent crime at 89 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 800.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 75% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
89/100K violent
800.7/100K property
-75% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bartlett, NH
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Bartlett reported 3 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,372. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Bartlett's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Hampshire cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bartlett's 89.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Milton (87.1), Franklin (90.9), Haverhill (86.9), Marlborough (91.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Bartlett sits mid-pack among comparable New Hampshire cities
At 89.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bartlett ranks 56 of 186 — above 130 of the 185 other New Hampshire cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +121.8% against the cohort median of 40.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 106.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 89.0 in 2024 (-16.8%). The highest observed value was 118.9 in 2022 and the lowest 35.5 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 74.1% of reported property offenses in Bartlett, against a cohort median of 85.4%. The remainder is burglary (5) and motor vehicle theft (2). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Bartlett's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 3 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,372. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Bartlett's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.5 Census sq mi, Bartlett logged 18.1 property and 2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Bartlett's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 30 offenses; mix index 4,833).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-25%
118.7 → 89/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0%
800.9 → 800.7/100K
Property offenses lead Bartlett's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
27
800.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
20
593.1
-
Burglary
5
148.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
59.3
-
Arson
1
29.7
-
Violent Crime
3
89
352
Aggravated Assault
2
59.3
-
Rape
1
29.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Bartlett Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Bartlett property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Bartlett: 89 violent, 801 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Campton: 145 violent, 782 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Bristol: 122 violent, 2158 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Sunapee: 29 violent, 546 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Lancaster: 31 violent, 678 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Grantham: 0 violent, 114 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Dunbarton: 32 violent, 253 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Sanbornton: 33 violent, 455 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Chesterfield: 109 violent, 380 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Bartlett Police Department
Reporting agency for Bartlett NIBRS-participating
Bartlett Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Bartlett's 30 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in New Hampshire
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New Hampshire cities closest to Bartlett in population. Their populations run from 3,075 to 3,683, against 3,372 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Bartlett reported 3 violent crimes and 27 property crimes, for a total of 30 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bartlett?
From 2023 to 2024, Bartlett's violent crime rate decreased by 25%, and the property crime rate increased by 0%.
What is the most common crime in Bartlett?
The most common crime type in Bartlett is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.7% of all reported crimes (20 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Bartlett is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Bartlett, NH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.