Safety · Lancaster
Lancaster, NH crime & safety
Lancaster's reported crime rate is well below New Hampshire's. 4 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Lancaster compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Lancaster at a glance
Violent crime
1.2
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 1.2
Property crime
1.6
per 1,000 residents · New Hampshire 8.3
Incidents reported
9
4 violent · 5 property
Since 2022
▼ 64%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
LancasterNew Hampshire
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Lancaster property | New Hampshire property | Lancaster violent | New Hampshire violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 | 10.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | not reported | 9.2 | not reported | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
3
Burglary
2
Vehicle theft
0
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
0
Rape
2
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Lancaster safe
Local public safety
👮 Lancaster 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
Lancaster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2025 |
| Northumberland | 0 | 3.3 | 2024 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Guildhall, Lunenburg, Lancaster, Jefferson, Dalton.
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 3,200, 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.