Crime in Pelham, New Hampshire
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Pelham at 74% below the U.S. rate per resident: 81% lower for persons crimes and 72% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Pelham. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 4.5 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.6 violent, 3.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Pelham is lower than 84% of the 49 other New Hampshire places and 89% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Pelham's 8 census block groups for 14,957 residents. How New Hampshire residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 99.2%, summary counts only for 0.2% and no reporting agency of their own for 0.5% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Pelham.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Pelham
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 22 and 32.
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Every crime type in Pelham is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.8% in a year; across New Hampshire it fell 7.8%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; New Hampshire in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Pelham against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,193 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Pelham's, and 185 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Pelham's major-crime index is higher than 1 and lower than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Dracut (4 mi), is 23% above Pelham's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Pelham
Is Pelham safe?
Pelham's major-crime index is 26, 74% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 84% of the 49 other New Hampshire places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 81% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 72% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Pelham?
The model expects about 68 major crimes a year in Pelham, about 4.5 per 1,000 residents, 74% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Pelham?
Expected major crimes in Pelham are down 7.8% from a year earlier; across New Hampshire they're down 7.8%.
What are the most common crimes in Pelham?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 38 a year), theft from vehicle (about 9 a year) and aggravated assault (about 6 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Pelham?
The model expects about 9 thefts from vehicles a year in Pelham, 77% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Pelham?
The model expects about 4 motor vehicle thefts a year in Pelham, 84% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Pelham safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 15 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 37 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Pelham higher than the New Hampshire average?
Pelham's major-crime index is 26, 49% below the New Hampshire rate per resident. New Hampshire as a whole is 52, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Pelham compare with Dracut?
Dracut, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 33, 23% above Pelham's rate per resident. Pelham's is 26.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Pelham's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Pelham has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 14,957. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Pelham, New Hampshire." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nh/pelham
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