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Crime rates for Amherst, NH
Safest Amherst Neighborhoods
| NAME | |
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| 1 | Town Center |
| 2 | Ponemah / Cricket Corn... |
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POPULATION
10,769
Amherst Crime Rates
Amherst Crime Data
CRIME INDEX
59
100 is safest
This city is safer than 59% of the cities in the US.
city Annual Crimes
| VIOLENT | PROPERTY | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 311 | 315 |
| annual crimes per 1,000 residents | ||
|---|---|---|
| 0.37 | 28.88 | 29.25 |
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Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 4.7
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Amherst
1 in 2692 - in New Hampshire
1 in 714
| Amherst | New Hampshire |
|---|
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.28 |
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 16,692 | 93,934 | 417,122 | 862,947 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 2.91 |
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Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 34.3
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Amherst
1 in 35 - in New Hampshire
1 in 52
| Amherst | New Hampshire |
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| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 24 | 281 | 5 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 2.23 | 26.09 | 0.46 |
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
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| REPORTED TOTAL | 2,154,126 | 6,776,807 | 1,235,226 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 7.27 | 22.86 | 4.17 |
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Crimes Per Square Mile
| Amherst | New Hampshire |
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- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 49.6
Amherst has an overall crime rate of 29 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Amherst is 1 in 34. How does Amherst fare compared to other communities in New Hampshire of all population sizes? Amherst's crime rate is lower than approximately 20% of New Hampshire communities.
How does the crime rate in Amherst compare to similar sized town across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Amherst with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Amherst's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate – not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.
The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Amherst does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Amherst.
For Amherst, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Amherst than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2692, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
Moreover, the rate of property crime in Amherst – burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson – is 29 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.
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