Newmarket, NH has a A+ safety grade (91/100) with a violent crime rate of 53 per 100,000, 85% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · small city

Newmarket, NH Crime Rate & Safety

Newmarket is a small municipal reporter (9,490 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with NH and U.S. context.

Data updated 2026-08-24

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A+
Safety grade
379.3
Property / 100K
52.7
Violent / 100K
9K
Population

Newmarket, NH carries a PlainCrime A+ safety grade with violent crime 85% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Newmarket, NH shows violent crime at 52.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 379.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 85% 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
  • 52.7/100K violent
  • 379.3/100K property
  • -85% vs U.S.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Newmarket, NH

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Newmarket reported 5 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 9,490. 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

Newmarket's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Hampshire cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Newmarket's 52.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Alstead (51.9), Deering (51.8), Walpole (53.8), Raymond (54.3). 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.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 76.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 52.7 in 2024 (-30.8%). The highest observed value was 85.6 in 2021 and the lowest 52.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 12.2% of the 41 Part I offenses reported in Newmarket for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Hampshire cities — a gap of 5.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.

Position in the state cohort

Newmarket sits mid-pack among comparable New Hampshire cities

At 52.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Newmarket ranks 78 of 186 — above 108 of the 185 other New Hampshire cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +31.3% 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.

Property-offense composition

Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort

Larceny-theft is 94.4% of reported property offenses in Newmarket, against a cohort median of 85.2%. The remainder is burglary (0) 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 Newmarket'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 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 9,490. 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.

Newmarket's 2024 municipal footprint

Across 2.3 Census sq mi, Newmarket logged 16 property and 2.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.

Newmarket's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 41 offenses; mix index 6,978).

Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.

Newmarket offense mix (2024)

Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.3 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
-38.1%
85.1 → 52.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+22.9%
308.5 → 379.3/100K

Property offenses lead Newmarket's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 36 379.3
Larceny-Theft 34 358.3
Motor Vehicle Theft 2 21.1
Burglary 0 0
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 5 52.7
Rape 3 31.6
Aggravated Assault 2 21.1
Murder 0 0
Robbery 0 0

Newmarket Crime Trend (2020-2024)

Newmarket property crime rate trend

Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
379.3/100K 22.9% vs 2023
250300350400450500550 20202021202220232024 379

Newmarket violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
52.7/100K 38.1% vs 2023
5060708090 20202021202220232024 52.7
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 9,192 76.2 359
2021 Comparable 9,349 85.6 320.9
2022 Comparable 9,417 85 531
2023 Comparable 9,399 85.1 308.5
2024 Comparable 9,490 52.7 379.3

How Newmarket sits among NH peers

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Newmarket vs. similar-size NH cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Newmarket vs. similar-size NH cities, violent vs. property crime 10 380 Violent crime per 100K → 137 2,317 Property crime per 100K → Newmarket SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

Newmarket Police Department

Reporting agency for Newmarket NIBRS-participating

Newmarket Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Newmarket's 41 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 Newmarket in population. Their populations run from 8,514 to 10,441, against 9,490 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Newmarket's closest NH violent-rate matches

Newmarket sits at 52.7/100K violent (grade A+); the New Hampshire cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.

More about Newmarket's 2024 record

How many crimes were reported in Newmarket?

In 2024, Newmarket reported 5 violent crimes and 36 property crimes, for a total of 41 reported offenses.

Is crime increasing or decreasing in Newmarket?

From 2023 to 2024, Newmarket's violent crime rate decreased by 38.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 22.9%.

What is the most common crime in Newmarket?

The most common crime type in Newmarket is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.9% of all reported crimes (34 incidents in 2024).

Small-city read: Newmarket 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.

Federal sources for this small-city row
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Newmarket, NH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Newmarket is scored as a small-city UCR reporter (9,490 on the row). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.