Crime in Salem, New Hampshire
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Salem at about the U.S. rate per resident: 62% lower for persons crimes and 8% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 2.0% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Salem. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 16.4 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.2 violent, 15.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Salem is higher than 78% of the 49 other New Hampshire places and 60% 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 Salem's 17 census block groups for 32,526 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 Salem.
- 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 Salem
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 23 and 121.
- 0–5054.0%
- 50–10020.1%
- 100–20017.3%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+8.6%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.8 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekend daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 2.0% 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.
Salem against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
287 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Salem's, and 199 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Salem has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Methuen Town (4 mi), is 48% below Salem's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Salem
Is Salem safe?
Salem's major-crime index is 95, about the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 78% of the 49 other New Hampshire places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 62% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 8% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Salem?
The model expects about 532 major crimes a year in Salem, about 16.4 per 1,000 residents, about the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Salem?
Expected major crimes in Salem are down 2.0% from a year earlier; across New Hampshire they're down 7.8%.
What are the most common crimes in Salem?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 293 a year), other larceny (about 136 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 34 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Salem?
The model expects about 34 thefts from vehicles a year in Salem, 60% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Salem?
The model expects about 19 motor vehicle thefts a year in Salem, 64% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Salem safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 64 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 139 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 Salem higher than the New Hampshire average?
Salem's major-crime index is 95, 1.8 times the New Hampshire rate per resident. New Hampshire as a whole is 52, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Salem compare with Methuen Town?
Methuen Town, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 50, 48% below Salem's rate per resident. Salem's is 95.
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. Salem's figures add up its 17 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Salem 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: 32,526. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Salem, New Hampshire." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nh/salem
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