Idaho Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Idaho displays a 21.06-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Meridian, Idaho at 71.98 points out of 100 versus Nampa, Idaho at 50.92.
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Idaho displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 78 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Idaho has 3 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 0 increasing and 0 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Boise, Idaho has a reporting population of 235,701 residents versus 106,289 in Nampa, Idaho, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Idaho is Meridian with an adjusted safety score of 71.98 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Idaho city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian | #1 of 3 | 124,865 | 71.98 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Boise | #2 of 3 | 235,701 | 58.1 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Nampa | #3 of 3 | 106,289 | 50.92 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Data, definitions and reuse
Violent: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property: burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, arson. Monthly counts are summed over the agencies that reported each month, and agency coverage changes over time.
| Month | Violent | Property | Agencies reporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 639 | 1921 | 102 |
| Feb | 530 | 1637 | 101 |
| Mar | 668 | 1992 | 104 |
| Apr | 661 | 1772 | 103 |
| May | 673 | 1998 | 101 |
| Jun | 722 | 2005 | 101 |
| Jul | 799 | 2130 | 100 |
| Aug | 705 | 2098 | 101 |
| Sep | 594 | 1948 | 99 |
| Oct | 656 | 2017 | 100 |
| Nov | 560 | 1754 | 97 |
| Dec | 550 | 1667 | 96 |
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<img src="https://www.safetyatlas.us/img/charts/idaho-crime-trend-2025.webp" alt="Chart of Idaho crime statistics: Idaho agencies reported 7,757 violent offenses in 2025. Between 96 to 104 agencies reported each month, so the total is not compared with 2024. Shows violent and property offenses per month." width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto">
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Idaho in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Burglary -28% (4,495 to 3,253), motor vehicle theft -23%, robbery -20%, larceny-theft -15%, homicide 15%, aggravated assault -6%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 27,634 of 92,612 reports (29.8%); larceny-theft alone is 17,593 (19.0%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 72% of aggravated assaults cleared vs 29% of burglaries and 30% of motor vehicle thefts (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 71 reports in 2025 vs 62 in 2024 (15%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Drug/Narcotic Violations (20,965) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (8,279, 8.9% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Oct (1,599) and troughed in Feb (1,272), a 1.3× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 65 of 109 agencies reported burglary in December 2025 (vs 68 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 109 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Idaho monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Drug/Narcotic Violations, month by month
→ Stable, 20965 reports vs 21735 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 1,732 | 68 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 1,482 | 66 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 1,866 | 68 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 1,681 | 68 | Full |
| May 2025 | 1,910 | 66 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 1,716 | 66 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 1,887 | 66 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 1,794 | 66 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 1,568 | 66 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 1,749 | 67 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 1,815 | 65 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 1,765 | 65 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 19755 reports vs 20908 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 1,467 | 68 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 1,410 | 65 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 1,675 | 67 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 1,751 | 67 | Full |
| May 2025 | 1,909 | 65 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 1,630 | 65 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 1,764 | 65 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 1,825 | 65 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 1,687 | 65 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 1,629 | 66 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 1,568 | 64 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 1,440 | 64 | Full |
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 17593 reports vs 20668 in 2024 (down 15% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 1,506 | 67 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 1,272 | 65 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 1,547 | 67 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 1,327 | 67 | Full |
| May 2025 | 1,533 | 65 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 1,511 | 65 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 1,593 | 65 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 1,519 | 65 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 1,495 | 65 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 1,599 | 66 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 1,376 | 64 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 1,315 | 65 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
72% of aggravated assaults cleared vs 29% of burglaries, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 71 | 42 | 59.2% |
| Aggravated Assault | 5,877 | 4,228 | 71.9% |
| Robbery | 210 | 115 | 54.8% |
| Burglary | 3,253 | 931 | 28.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 17,593 | 5,389 | 30.6% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1,890 | 565 | 29.9% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Downloads: Idaho monthly series (JSON) · same data (CSV) · build manifest
Idaho city reports
- Meridian safety report: #1 of 3, population 124,865, score 71.98, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Boise safety report: #2 of 3, population 235,701, score 58.1, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Nampa safety report: #3 of 3, population 106,289, score 50.92, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Idaho reporting agencies recorded 1,910 drug/narcotic violations offenses in May 2025 versus 1,482 in Feb 2025, a difference of 428 reports; 66 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 66 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 20,965 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Idaho reporting agencies recorded 1,909 simple assault offenses in May 2025 versus 1,410 in Feb 2025, a difference of 499 reports; 65 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 65 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 19,755 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Idaho reporting agencies recorded 1,599 larceny-theft offenses in Oct 2025 versus 1,272 in Feb 2025, a difference of 327 reports; 66 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 65 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 17,593 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Idaho reporting agencies recorded 4,228 cleared aggravated assault offenses against 5,877 reports received in 2025 (71.9%), compared with 931 cleared burglary offenses against 3,253 reports (28.6%), a 43.3-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Meridian, Idaho records 71.98 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 11.65 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 60.33; its reporting population of 124,865 residents accounts for 26.7% of the 466,855 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Nampa, Idaho records 50.92 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 9.41 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 60.33; its reporting population of 106,289 residents accounts for 22.8% of the 466,855 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Boise, Idaho records 58.1 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 2.23 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 60.33; its reporting population of 235,701 residents accounts for 50.5% of the 466,855 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Idaho reporting-agency sums contain 17,593 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 20,668 in 2024, 3,075 reports (14.9%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 64 to 69 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Idaho reporting-agency sums contain 19,755 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 20,908 in 2024, 1,153 reports (5.5%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 64 to 70 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Idaho reporting-agency sums contain 9,278 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 10,523 in 2024, 1,245 reports (11.8%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 66 to 71 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Idaho directory
The scoring run contains 78 reportable jurisdictions in Idaho. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Meridian has the highest adjusted score at 71.98, and Nampa has the lowest at 50.92. The public-cohort range is 21.06 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 3 decreasing, 0 stable, and 0 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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