Boise, ID crime rate
In 2025 the Boise Police Department reported 290.2 violent crimes and 851.8 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Idaho and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2024: possibly incomplete. 28 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Mar, Apr, May, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2023: 33 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Murder, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 3, 2023: 5, 2024: 3 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
- Arson, 2022: possibly incomplete. 26 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Apr, May, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2021: 27 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Boise compare with Idaho and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Boise only.
What offenses were reported in Boise, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Idaho | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 692 | 290.2 | 217.3 | 327.6 | down 3.8% | down 8.7% |
| Murder | 3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 0.0% | down 23.5% |
| Rape | 163 | 68.4 | 42.3 | 36.1 | down 12.5% | down 36.8% |
| Robbery | 38 | 15.9 | 5.6 | 49.4 | up 1.3% | down 37.4% |
| Aggravated assault | 488 | 204.7 | 167.3 | 238.0 | down 0.9% | up 12.2% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 2,031 | 851.8 | 605.0 | 1,534.8 | down 25.0% | down 37.8% |
| Burglary | 158 | 66.3 | 88.9 | 193.6 | down 38.8% | down 56.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 1,652 | 692.8 | 463.5 | 1,144.1 | down 21.4% | down 36.5% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 198 | 83.0 | 52.6 | 197.0 | down 38.2% | down 28.2% |
| Arson | 23 | 9.6 | Not estimated | Not estimated | See data note | down 17.2% |
Reported = offenses known to the Boise Police Department and sent to the FBI. Idaho and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Boise | United States | Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 317.8 | 387.0 | 240.8 |
| 2022 | 263.9 | 388.7 | 248.7 |
| 2023 | 281.9 | 379.5 | 240.4 |
| 2024 | 301.8 | 362.9 | 235.7 |
| 2025 | 290.2 | 327.6 | 217.3 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Boise | United States | Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,370.4 | 1,832.3 | 964.7 |
| 2022 | 1,225.6 | 1,973.8 | 941.2 |
| 2023 | 1,268.6 | 1,934.1 | 818.8 |
| 2024 | 1,135.9 | 1,761.1 | 745.0 |
| 2025 | 851.8 | 1,534.8 | 605.0 |
Is Boise safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Boise Police Department reported, 290.2 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Idaho's 217.3, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 3.8% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
The 692 violent crimes Boise police reported to the FBI in 2025 work out to 290.2 per 100,000 residents covered by the Boise Police Department. That rate was 1.3 times the Idaho estimate of 217.3 but lower than the US rate of 327.6. Property crime followed the same pattern: 851.8 per 100,000, above Idaho's 605.0, and below the national 1,534.8.
Property crime fell 25.0% from 2024 and 37.8% from 2021. Violent crime is down 8.7% since 2021, when the rate was 317.8; the US rate went from 387.0 to 327.6 in the same years. Burglary fell 56.3% from 2021 to 2025 and is 0.3 times the US rate.
Rape fell the most of the violent offenses from 2024 to 2025, 12.5%. Aggravated assault made up 71% of violent crime and is up 12.2% from 2021. Boise recorded 3 homicides in 2025, a rate of 1.3 per 100,000, against 4.1 nationally.
The arson counts for 2022 and 2024 are flagged as possibly incomplete because several months were sent as zero, and the 2023 murder count is flagged as an unusual change, so none of them is compared. All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown, and the department has reported to NIBRS since 1992.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.80 per 1,000 residents (326 officers, 104 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Boise Police Department (ORI ID0010100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Idaho and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ID0010100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Boise Police Department (ID0010100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_ID0010100__from-2021-to-2025.json)