Nashua Police 2012 Crime Statistics Report

Highlights below from the Nashua Police 2012 Crime Statistics Report, also uploaded here as a printable document in its entirety. We recommend you scroll through the document yourself as there's a lot to take in. Statistical information is reflected against the 8-year average, which differs from year over year changes. We've highlighted a few of the statistics below and isolated some tables and charts:

Total Arrests: Down in 2012 with 4,616 arrests compared to 4,731 in 2011. However drug arrests continue to steadily rise with 471 in 2012 [see Figure 17.]

Robbery: Up 5 percent over 2011. The majority of robberies occurred at the victim’s home or on the street (47 percent) or in or around a restaurant or food store (21 percent). 

Assaults: The majority of "Person Crimes" reported were for assault offenses (86 percent). There were 907 simple assaults reported in 2012 compared to 792 in 2011. The number of aggravated assaults remained at 94.

Calls for service: Were down this year. In 2012 there were 106,667 calls made compared to 2011 when there were 109,857 calls made. The average number of calls over the past eight years is 95,429. 

Most calls for service are made on Friday between 8 am. and 12 p.m.

Top calls for service:

Motor Vehicle Stops (32 percent) 

Check Building (4 percent) 

Check Conditions (4 percent) 

Ambulance Calls (4 percent) 

Subject Stop (4 percent) 

Accidents (3 percent) 

Follow-Up (3 percent) 

Activated Alarm (3 percent) 

Give Advice (3 percent) 

Top 6 Accident Locations in Nashua [see Table 8]:

• 310 DW Highway (Pheasant Lane Mall) 37 (down 16 percent over 2011)
• 300 Main St.  (Shaw's Plaza) 27 (down 39 percent over 2011) 
• 42 Main St. (Dunkin Donuts at Canal and Main) 16 (up 33 percent over 2011) 
• 233 Main St. (at intersection with East Hollis) 15 (ups 15 percent over 2011) 
• 375 Amherst St. (Somerset Plaza/Market Basket) 13 (up 63 percent over 2011)
• 406 Amherst St. (intersection with Somerset Parkway) 13 (up 44 percent over 2011)