County crime profile · 2024 · small county · property-led

Benewah County, ID

Benewah County is a small county (9,530 people) in Idaho. FBI Table 10 county totals lead; rates appear only with a verified Census population join.

Data updated 2026-09-05

60
Property offenses
34
Violent offenses
94
Total · 2024

Benewah County, ID reported 357 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Benewah County, ID agencies reported 34 violent and 60 property offenses. That equals about 357 violent and 630 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 34 violent offenses
  • 357/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Benewah County, ID

Position in the state cohort

Benewah County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Idaho counties

At 356.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Benewah County ranks 2 of 33 — above 31 of the 32 other Idaho counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +370.4% against the cohort median of 75.8. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 36.2% of the 94 Part I offenses reported in Benewah County for 2024, against a median of 28.1% across comparable Idaho counties — a gap of 8.1 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.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 314.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 356.8 in 2024 (+13.3%). The highest observed value was 356.8 in 2024 and the lowest 251.8 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Small-county UCR rows are especially sensitive to which agencies filed. Per-100,000 rates use a matched 2020 Census population when available; otherwise counts only. Do not treat the county total as a town-level crime level.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · small county

Category Count
Property Crime 60
Burglary 11
Larceny-Theft 43
Motor Vehicle Theft 6
Arson 1
Violent Crime 34
Murder 0
Rape 2
Robbery 0
Aggravated Assault 32

Reporting Agency

Benewah County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Benewah County's crime figures on this page originate from Benewah County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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 Counties in Idaho

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Idaho counties closest to Benewah County in population. Their populations run from 7,610 to 11,630, against 9,530 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

ZIP Codes in Benewah County

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.

FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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