Photo: Jyoni Shuler · CC BY-SA 4.0Boise City has more violent crime per resident than seven in ten U.S. towns
Weighing it all, Boise City earns C+ for safety (#33 of 41 graded towns in Idaho, and #48 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 2.8 violent crimes and 10.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 2.5 and 8.5 in the rest of Idaho. The rate the grade counts dropped 27% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of ID” is every other Idaho city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Boise City
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Idaho towns on Boise City’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Meridian (B+), Garden City (C−). Eagle has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Idaho towns, lower
Idaho’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Boise City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 20% of the 41 Idaho towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Boise City’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.5 per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the rest of Idaho (1.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.2 times the rest of Idaho
17.9 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (38 reported in 2025), 2.2 times the rest of Idaho (8.3) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Boise City reports less crime per resident than 85% (#48). Places like it ↓
A job center
Boise City has 176,500 jobs based in town for 238,429 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Boise City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Boise City’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Boise City | Rest of Idaho | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Boise City | Rest of Idaho | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.2 | 8.9 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 21.9 | 11.7 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 8.4 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 15.9 | 5.0 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Boise City’s police reported 3 homicides, 38 robberies and 666 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Idaho and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Boise City property | Rest of Idaho property | Boise City violent | Rest of Idaho violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 12.4 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Idaho.
Crime in Boise City per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,631 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
666 violent and 1,965 property, as reported to the FBI by Boise City’s police.
41 people died in crashes on Boise City’s roads in 2019–2023
Boise City had 37 fatal crashes in five years, in which 41 people died; 12 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 8 died in crashes on an Interstate.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Boise City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise City | C+ | 2.8 | 10.6 |
| Garden City | C− | 6.2 | 13.7 |
| Meridian | B+ | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| Eagle | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Eagle has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Idaho towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise City | C+ | 2.8 | 10.6 |
| Nampa | C+ | 3.4 | 7.5 |
The five graded Idaho towns closest to Boise City’s population (238,429), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Boise City. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Boise City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (238,450 in 2025); our figure for Boise City is 238,429 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Boise City
Is Boise City, ID safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Boise City reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #33 of 41 in Idaho. Its police reported 2.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Idaho and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Boise City?
2.8 violent and 10.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Idaho reports 2.5 and 8.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Boise City in 2025?
Boise City’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Boise City safer than Garden City?
Garden City reports more crime per resident than Boise City: Garden City grades C− for safety and Boise City C+. Garden City’s police reported 6.2 violent and 13.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Boise City?
Boise City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Boise”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.