Safety · Andover

Andover, NH crime & safety

Andover's reported crime rate is well above New Hampshire's. Most reported incidents are property crimes. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Andover compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

Reported crime, 2025

Andover at a glance

Violent crime
0.4
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 1.2
Property crime
15.4
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 8.3
Incidents reported
39
1 violent · 38 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Andover 0.4
New Hampshire 1.2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Andover 15.4
New Hampshire 8.3
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025

AndoverNew Hampshire
051015 2022202320242025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearAndover propertyNew Hampshire propertyAndover violentNew Hampshire violent
20222.510.50.41.3
20232.59.20.81.2
20245.39.32.11.1
202515.48.30.41.2
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
7
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
28
Aggravated assault
0
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Andover safe

Local public safety

👮 Andover Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Next door

Andover and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
TownViolentPropertyYear
Andover0.415.42025
Franklin1.110.42025
Wilmot0.722025

No town figures in the FBI's data: Salisbury.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 2,500, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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