Safety · Effingham

Effingham, NH crime & safety

Effingham's reported crime rate is well below New Hampshire's. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.

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

Reported crime, 2025

Effingham at a glance

Violent crime
0.5
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 1.2
Property crime
0
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 8.3
Incidents reported
1
1 violent · 0 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Effingham 0.5
New Hampshire 1.2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Effingham 0
New Hampshire 8.3
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025

EffinghamNew Hampshire
024681012 20222023not reported2024not reported2025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearEffingham propertyNew Hampshire propertyEffingham violentNew Hampshire violent
20222.210.50.61.3
2023not reported9.2not reported1.2
2024not reported9.3not reported1.1
202508.30.51.2
What gets reported

2025, by type

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

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Effingham safe

Local public safety

👮 Effingham 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

Effingham and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
TownViolentPropertyYear
Effingham0.502025
Freedom01.22025
Ossipee1.18.62025
Wakefield0.33.72025

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

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 1,800, 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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