Safety · Bethlehem
Bethlehem, NH crime & safety
Bethlehem's reported crime rate is below New Hampshire's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Bethlehem compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Bethlehem at a glance
Violent crime
0.8
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 1.2
Property crime
7
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 8.3
Incidents reported
20
2 violent · 18 property
Since 2022
▼ 68%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
BethlehemNew Hampshire
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Bethlehem property | New Hampshire property | Bethlehem violent | New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.6 | 10.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | not reported | 9.2 | not reported | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
14
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
1
Aggravated assault
1
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Bethlehem safe
Local public safety
👮 Bethlehem 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.
Next door
Bethlehem and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | 0.8 | 7 | 2025 |
| Carroll | 1* | 7* | 2025 |
| Littleton | 2.2 | 10.4 | 2025 |
| Franconia | 0 | 5.2 | 2025 |
| Whitefield | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2025 |
| Sugar Hill | 0* | 0* | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Littleton, Hart's Location.
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 2,600, 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.