City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Boise 235,223 293.8 1,110 B
Meridian 140,353 146.8 571.4 A
Nampa 118,950 353.1 742.3 C
Caldwell 71,115 452.8 977.3 C
Idaho Falls 68,716 356.5 1,209.3 C
Pocatello 58,618 341.2 1,586.5 C
Coeur d'Alene 57,561 241.5 955.5 B
Twin Falls 55,932 416.6 1,126.4 C
Post Falls 46,835 151.6 642.7 A
Rexburg 40,164 69.7 522.9 A
Lewiston 35,036 191.2 1,312.9 B
Moscow 26,684 18.7 1,015.6 A
Mountain Home 16,927 200.9 525.8 A
Chubbuck 16,600 265.1 2,686.7 C
Jerome 13,399 111.9 694.1 A
Blackfoot 13,196 288 909.4 B
Garden City 12,956 656.1 1,435.6 F
Rathdrum 12,467 64.2 850.2 A
Middleton 11,550 129.9 597.4 A
Sandpoint 10,498 85.7 1,000.2 A
Hailey 10,039 179.3 478.1 A
Payette 8,790 295.8 989.8 B
Emmett 8,766 342.2 410.7 B
Fruitland 7,157 97.8 544.9 A
Rupert 6,399 640.7 750.1 D
Preston 6,282 63.7 382 A+
Weiser 6,194 129.2 48.4 A
Rigby 5,756 173.7 1,181.4 B
Kimberly 5,618 53.4 356 A+
Shelley 5,305 207.4 886 B
American Falls 4,857 267.7 288.2 B
Buhl 4,765 83.9 335.8 A
McCall 4,188 310.4 1,241.6 C
St. Anthony 4,137 169.2 459.3 A
Gooding 3,831 391.5 965.8 C
Heyburn 3,734 348.2 616 B
Grangeville 3,719 80.7 268.9 A+
Ketchum 3,628 110.3 854.5 A
Salmon 3,357 119.2 178.7 A
Soda Springs 3,188 31.4 313.7 A+
Wendell 3,039 230.3 493.6 B
Bonners Ferry 2,754 181.6 980.4 B
Montpelier 2,742 0 765.9 A+
Bellevue 2,579 193.9 465.3 A
Spirit Lake 2,525 237.6 712.9 B
St. Maries 2,511 278.8 358.4 B
Kellogg 2,495 280.6 521 B
Ponderay 2,242 44.6 446 A+
Parma 2,168 276.8 415.1 B
Priest River 1,852 108 378 A
Sun Valley 1,764 56.7 453.5 A+
Osburn 1,688 237 651.7 B
Plummer 1,147 87.2 1,307.8 A
Hagerman 994 201.2 201.2 A
Challis 934 856.5 963.6 F
Showing cities 1–55 of 55 in Idaho, by population. See the Idaho safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the Idaho crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every Idaho city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.