Healthcare & Safety in Durham
Durham's safety profile runs genuinely favorable, alongside real, nearby Seacoast-region hospital access this record discloses in full.
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Learn moreA genuinely favorable crime profile
NeighborhoodScout cites a violent-crime victim-odds figure of 1-in-1,527 annually (well below the national average) and a property-crime victim-odds figure of 1-in-150 (base record).
Real, nearby Seacoast hospital access
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (Dover, ~178 beds, the Seacoast's largest maternal women's-care network) and Portsmouth Regional Hospital (Portsmouth) both serve Durham; Wentworth-Douglass also operates a Durham Health Center primary-care outpost directly in town (base record).
No hospital within Durham itself
Durham has no hospital of its own -- a real, relevant consideration for movers weighing immediate-emergency access against Durham's genuine college-town convenience (base record).
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Key takeaways
- Durham's crime profile runs genuinely favorable, well below the national average on both violent and property crime.
- Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (Dover) and Portsmouth Regional Hospital anchor nearby healthcare access.
- Wentworth-Douglass operates a Durham Health Center primary-care outpost directly in town.
- Durham has no hospital of its own -- confirm current, address-specific healthcare-access data directly.
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