Safety · Charlestown
Charlestown, NH crime & safety
Charlestown's reported crime rate is below New Hampshire's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Charlestown compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Charlestown at a glance
Violent crime
0.6
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 1.2
Property crime
4.6
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 8.3
Incidents reported
26
3 violent · 23 property
Since 2022
▲ 21%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
CharlestownNew Hampshire
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Charlestown property | New Hampshire property | Charlestown violent | New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 4.6 | 8.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
17
Burglary
2
Vehicle theft
4
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Charlestown safe
Local public safety
👮 Charlestown 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
Charlestown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown | 0.6 | 4.6 | 2025 |
| Springfield | 2.3 | 13.2 | 2025 |
| Langdon | 0* | 0* | 2025 |
| Claremont | 1.8 | 17.7 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Rockingham, Unity, Acworth.
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 4,900, 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.