Exeter, NH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Exeter, NH Summary

Crime in Exeter research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Exeter over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Exeter:

  • There were 94 total crimes committed in Exeter in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 580.1 total crimes per 100K people in Exeter.
  • The overall crime rate in Exeter is -72.63% below the national average.
  • Exeter ranks #111 safest out of 187 cities in New Hampshire.
  • Exeter ranks #2,594 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Exeter Vs New Hampshire And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Exeter is 580.1 per 100,000 people. That's -72.63% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -43.57% lower than the New Hampshire total crime rate of 1,028.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Exeter
/ 100k People
New Hampshire
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 94 580.1 1,028.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.0 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 12.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1 6.2 62.8 256.0
Violent Crime 6 37.0 110.1 359.0
Burglary 4 24.7 48.1 229.0
Larceny 75 462.9 805.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 55.5 64.4 259.0
Property Crime 88 543.1 918.0 1,760.0

Exeter Crime Compared To New Hampshire Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in New Hampshire.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Exeter

6
Violent Crimes
37.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-89.69%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Exeter in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Exeter is 37.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,700.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Exeter each year. That compares to a 1 in 908.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -89.69% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -66.36% lower than the New Hampshire violent crime rate of 110.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Exeter

88
Property Crimes
543.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-69.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 88 property crimes in Exeter in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Exeter is 543.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 184.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Exeter each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -69.14% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -40.84% lower than the New Hampshire property crime rate of 918.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Exeter

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Haverhill, MA 68,602 916 1,335.2 924.2 411.1
Derry, NH 34,207 283 827.3 719.2 108.2
Dover, NH 33,696 281 833.9 786.4 47.5
Portsmouth, NH 22,969 338 1,471.5 1,284.3 187.2
Newburyport, MA 19,232 85 442.0 395.2 46.8
Hampton, NH 16,477 139 843.6 740.4 103.2
Durham, NH 14,718 39 265.0 224.2 40.8
Somersworth, NH 12,270 332 2,705.8 2,526.5 179.3
Newmarket, NH 9,490 41 432.0 379.3 52.7
Salisbury, MA 9,448 70 740.9 561.0 179.9

Exeter SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8.5
Commute
8.5
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