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Safest towns in Idaho

Ranked by crime reported to police per 1,000 residents, averaged over 2023–2025, with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. Lower is safer. 40 towns with 2,500+ residents whose police reported every year.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Rexburg 1 Rexburg 6.4 Violent 0.6 per 1,000 Preston 2 Preston 7.8 Violent 1.0 per 1,000 Map of St. Anthony 3 St. Anthony 7.9 Violent 0.9 per 1,000
#TownWeighted crime rateViolentProperty
1 Rexburg Rexburg40,543 people 6.4 0.6 per 1,000 4.1 per 1,000
2 Preston Preston5,928 people 7.8 1.0 per 1,000 4.0 per 1,000
3 Map of St. Anthony St. Anthony3,911 people 7.9 0.9 per 1,000 4.3 per 1,000
4 Weiser Weiser5,935 people 8.0 1.7 per 1,000 1.0 per 1,000
5 Map of Kimberly Kimberly5,111 people 8.0 1.0 per 1,000 4.2 per 1,000
6 Map of Montpelier Montpelier2,694 people 8.5 0.4 per 1,000 7.1 per 1,000
7 Fruitland Fruitland6,663 people 8.5 0.8 per 1,000 5.2 per 1,000
8 Map of Buhl Buhl4,673 people 8.8 1.1 per 1,000 4.6 per 1,000
9 Map of Bellevue Bellevue2,588 people 9.8 1.3 per 1,000 4.6 per 1,000
10 Map of Meridian Meridian130,138 people 10.7 1.5 per 1,000 4.9 per 1,000
11 Rathdrum Rathdrum10,874 people 11.8 0.9 per 1,000 8.1 per 1,000
12 Middleton Middleton10,649 people 12.3 1.6 per 1,000 5.9 per 1,000
13 Map of Moscow Moscow26,286 people 12.9 0.2 per 1,000 12.0 per 1,000
14 Shelley Shelley5,092 people 13.1 1.6 per 1,000 6.8 per 1,000
15 American Falls American Falls4,712 people 13.4 2.5 per 1,000 3.5 per 1,000
16 Map of Post Falls Post Falls43,391 people 13.5 1.5 per 1,000 7.6 per 1,000
17 Ketchum Ketchum3,594 people 13.6 1.3 per 1,000 8.4 per 1,000
18 Mountain Home Mountain Home16,493 people 14.1 2.2 per 1,000 5.4 per 1,000
19 Sandpoint Sandpoint9,637 people 14.4 0.7 per 1,000 11.7 per 1,000
20 Jerome Jerome12,930 people 15.1 2.3 per 1,000 5.8 per 1,000
21 Map of Rigby Rigby5,404 people 15.9 1.2 per 1,000 11.2 per 1,000
22 Map of Bonners Ferry Bonners Ferry2,669 people 16.3 2.4 per 1,000 6.8 per 1,000
23 Map of Wendell Wendell2,981 people 16.6 3.0 per 1,000 4.6 per 1,000
24 Heyburn Heyburn3,693 people 16.9 2.3 per 1,000 7.6 per 1,000
25 Map of Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene56,447 people 19.2 2.6 per 1,000 8.9 per 1,000
26 Emmett Emmett8,275 people 19.3 3.7 per 1,000 4.3 per 1,000
27 Lewiston Lewiston34,651 people 19.5 1.6 per 1,000 13.1 per 1,000
28 Map of Gooding Gooding3,778 people 20.9 3.2 per 1,000 8.2 per 1,000
29 Map of Nampa Nampa110,319 people 21.2 3.4 per 1,000 7.5 per 1,000
30 Payette Payette8,536 people 21.2 3.2 per 1,000 8.5 per 1,000
31 Blackfoot Blackfoot12,782 people 21.4 3.2 per 1,000 8.6 per 1,000
32 Boise City Boise City237,242 people 21.8 2.8 per 1,000 10.6 per 1,000
33 McCall McCall3,946 people 22.7 3.0 per 1,000 10.6 per 1,000
34 Map of Idaho Falls Idaho Falls67,725 people 24.6 3.2 per 1,000 11.8 per 1,000
35 Rupert Rupert6,190 people 25.2 4.7 per 1,000 6.6 per 1,000
36 Caldwell Caldwell66,516 people 25.8 4.5 per 1,000 8.0 per 1,000
37 Twin Falls Twin Falls54,164 people 27.9 3.9 per 1,000 12.3 per 1,000
38 Map of Pocatello Pocatello57,635 people 28.3 3.4 per 1,000 14.6 per 1,000
39 Map of Chubbuck Chubbuck16,126 people 36.0 2.8 per 1,000 24.7 per 1,000
40 Garden City Garden City12,654 people 38.6 6.2 per 1,000 13.7 per 1,000

How this ranking works

For each town we add up the violent and property crimes its police reported to the FBI over 2023–2025 and divide by the population they served, giving a rate per 1,000 residents. Violent crimes (homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) count four times as much as property crimes (burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson), because they weigh more on how safe a place feels. The lowest weighted rate ranks #1.

These are crimes reported to police, not convictions, and towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center also count incidents involving visitors. A town is ranked only if its police department reported a full year in every one of these years; towns patrolled by a county sheriff or state police don't have their own figures. There is no “most dangerous” list, on purpose.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, offenses known to law enforcement by city. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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