Lewiston, ID carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 46% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lewiston, ID shows violent crime at 191.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,312.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 46% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
191.2/100K violent
1312.9/100K property
-46% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lewiston, ID
Comparable rate records
Lewiston's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Idaho cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lewiston's 191.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bellevue (193.9), Mountain Home (200.9), Bonners Ferry (181.6), Hagerman (201.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 12.7% of the 527 Part I offenses reported in Lewiston for 2024, against a median of 22.5% across comparable Idaho cities — a gap of 9.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 67.6% of reported property offenses in Lewiston, against a cohort median of 77.0%. The remainder is burglary (102) and motor vehicle theft (47). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Lewiston sits mid-pack among comparable Idaho cities
At 191.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lewiston ranks 29 of 55 — above 26 of the 54 other Idaho cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -3.1% against the cohort median of 197.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 188.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 191.2 in 2024 (+1.4%). The highest observed value was 191.2 in 2024 and the lowest 124.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Lewiston's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Lewiston's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 17.5 Census sq mi, Lewiston logged 26.2 property and 3.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lewiston's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (59% of 527 offenses; mix index 4,014).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (17.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+53.1%
124.9 → 191.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+1.9%
1288.7 → 1312.9/100K
Property offenses lead Lewiston's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs ID
Property Crime
460
1312.9
754.4
Larceny-Theft
311
887.7
-
Burglary
102
291.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
47
134.1
-
Arson
2
5.7
-
Violent Crime
67
191.2
234.7
Aggravated Assault
40
114.2
-
Rape
23
65.6
-
Robbery
4
11.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Lewiston Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lewiston property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Lewiston Police Department
Reporting agency for Lewiston NIBRS-participating
Lewiston Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lewiston's 527 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Idaho
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Idaho cities closest to Lewiston in population. Their populations run from 13,196 to 55,932, against 35,036 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Lewiston reported 67 violent crimes and 460 property crimes, for a total of 527 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lewiston?
From 2023 to 2024, Lewiston's violent crime rate increased by 53.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 1.9%.
What is the most common crime in Lewiston?
The most common crime type in Lewiston is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.0% of all reported crimes (311 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lewiston figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Lewiston, ID rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.