State crime profile · 2024

Idaho Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 55 cities and 34 of 44 counties in Idaho (ID), ranked safest to most dangerous from 113 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

234.7
Violent / 100K
754.4
Property / 100K
55
Cities
34
Counties

Idaho violent crime is 234.7 per 100,000, 33% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Idaho records 234.7 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 33% below the national average (about the 14th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 234.7 violent crimes per 100K
  • -33% vs. the U.S. average
  • 691 Boise violent-crime reports, volume #1 of 12
  • 452.8/100K Caldwell rate #1 (volume #3)

How safe is Idaho? FBI UCR data snapshot

Idaho (ID) reported 4,698 violent crimes and 15,101 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 113 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 234.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 754.4 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 2,001,619. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 55 Idaho cities and 34 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Idaho below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 208.9 to 234.7 per 100,000, a rise of 12.4%. City-level detail pages within Idaho include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Idaho ranks nationally

Idaho vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

235 Safer than 73% among 51 U.S. states

ID 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 2,001,619 4,698 234.7 15,101 754.4
2023 1,964,726 4,755 242 16,466 838.1
2022 1,939,033 4,862 250.7 18,551 956.7
2021 1,900,923 4,592 241.6 18,345 965.1
2020 1,826,913 4,637 253.8 21,594 1182
2019 1,787,065 4,242 237.4 22,431 1255.2
2018 1,754,208 4,175 238 25,940 1478.7
2017 1,716,943 4,162 242.4 28,450 1657
2016 1,683,140 3,842 228.3 29,426 1748.3
2015 1,654,930 3,575 216 29,112 1759.1
2014 1,634,464 3,415 208.9 30,634 1874.3

Cities in Idaho

Safest cities in Idaho

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Moscow is the safest sizeable city in Idaho, at 18.7 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Idaho

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Caldwell reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Idaho, at 452.8 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Boise recorded 691 violent-crime reports (#1 of 12) at 293.8 per 100,000 (rate #6). Caldwell recorded 322 (#3) at 452.8 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Volume #1 is not rate #1 among Idaho cities

Violent-crime rate per 100,000 for the count leader and the rate leader among cities with 25,000+ residents, FBI UCR 2024. Each tooltip identifies the relevant rate or volume rank; chart row is not a state rank.

/100K

What this shows Boise recorded 691 violent-crime reports (#1 of 12) at 293.8 per 100,000 (rate #6). Caldwell recorded 322 (#3) at 452.8 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Idaho's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 12 cities; the anchor is ringed. Idaho's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 17 489 Violent crime per 100K → 471 1,713 Property crime per 100K → Boise Meridian Nampa Caldwell SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Idaho's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Boise: 294 violent, 1110 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Meridian: 147 violent, 571 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Nampa: 353 violent, 742 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Caldwell: 453 violent, 977 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Idaho Falls: 357 violent, 1209 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Pocatello: 341 violent, 1587 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Coeur d'Alene: 242 violent, 956 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Twin Falls: 417 violent, 1126 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Post Falls: 152 violent, 643 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Rexburg: 70 violent, 523 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Lewiston: 191 violent, 1313 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Moscow: 19 violent, 1016 property per 100,000 (grade A)
B

Idaho safety livability score: 85/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    234.7/100K · C (73th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    754.4/100K · A (100th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Boise 235,223
293.8
B
Meridian 140,353
146.8
A
Nampa 118,950
353.1
C
Caldwell 71,115
452.8
C
Idaho Falls 68,716
356.5
C
Pocatello 58,618
341.2
C
Coeur d'Alene 57,561
241.5
B
Twin Falls 55,932
416.6
C
Post Falls 46,835
151.6
A
Rexburg 40,164
69.7
A
Lewiston 35,036
191.2
B
Moscow 26,684
18.7
A
Mountain Home 16,927
200.9
A
Chubbuck 16,600
265.1
C
Jerome 13,399
111.9
A
Blackfoot 13,196
288
B
Garden City 12,956
656.1
F
Rathdrum 12,467
64.2
A
Middleton 11,550
129.9
A
Sandpoint 10,498
85.7
A
Hailey 10,039
179.3
A
Payette 8,790
295.8
B
Emmett 8,766
342.2
B
Fruitland 7,157
97.8
A
Rupert 6,399
640.7
D
Preston 6,282
63.7
A+
Weiser 6,194
129.2
A
Rigby 5,756
173.7
B
Kimberly 5,618
53.4
A+
Shelley 5,305
207.4
B
American Falls 4,857
267.7
B
Buhl 4,765
83.9
A
McCall 4,188
310.4
C
St. Anthony 4,137
169.2
A
Gooding 3,831
391.5
C
Heyburn 3,734
348.2
B
Grangeville 3,719
80.7
A+
Ketchum 3,628
110.3
A
Salmon 3,357
119.2
A
Soda Springs 3,188
31.4
A+
Wendell 3,039
230.3
B
Bonners Ferry 2,754
181.6
B
Montpelier 2,742
0
A+
Bellevue 2,579
193.9
A
Spirit Lake 2,525
237.6
B
St. Maries 2,511
278.8
B
Kellogg 2,495
280.6
B
Ponderay 2,242
44.6
A+
Parma 2,168
276.8
B
Priest River 1,852
108
A
Sun Valley 1,764
56.7
A+
Osburn 1,688
237
B
Plummer 1,147
87.2
A
Hagerman 994
201.2
A
Challis 934
856.5
F

Counties in Idaho

34 of 44 Census county-equivalents (77.3%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Idaho, violent crime per 100K

The 7 of the 8 largest counties with complete FBI agency coverage, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Not charted (Incomplete report): Madison. Its 2024 FBI agency coverage fails this site's completeness screen, so a rate here would read as unusually safe only because agencies did not report.

Ada
Adams
Bear Lake
Benewah
Bingham
Blaine
Boise
Bonner
Bonneville
Boundary
Canyon
Cassia
Clearwater
Custer
Elmore
Franklin
Fremont
Gooding
Idaho
Jefferson
Jerome
Kootenai
Latah
Lemhi
Lincoln
Madison
Nez Perce
Oneida
Payette
Shoshone
Teton
Twin Falls
Valley
Washington

Nationwide peers for Idaho

Similar violent rate (~234.7/100K)

Similar property rate (~754.4/100K)

Nearby States

Georgia
GA
Hawaii
HI
Illinois
IL
Indiana
IN
Iowa
IA

Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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