Photo: Eric Fredericks from Rancho Cordova, California, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0For violent crime, Idaho Falls trails 75% of U.S. towns per resident
Overall, Idaho Falls grades C+ for safety (#35 of 41 graded towns in Idaho State): more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. The rate the grade counts dropped 28% from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent crimes ran at 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 11.8, against 2.5 and 8.8 in the rest of Idaho State.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of ID” is every other Idaho State 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 Idaho Falls
Among Idaho State towns, lower
Idaho State’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Idaho Falls’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 15% of the 41 Idaho State towns we grade, against 36% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Idaho Falls has 48,766 jobs based in town for 71,785 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 Idaho Falls’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.2) 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. Its property rate (11.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Idaho Falls property | Rest of Idaho State property | Idaho Falls violent | Rest of Idaho State violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 14.1 | 9.8 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
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 State.
Crime in Idaho Falls 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Idaho Falls | Rest of Idaho State | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Idaho Falls’ police reported 666 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Idaho State and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
867 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.
207 violent and 660 property, as reported to the FBI by Idaho Falls’ police.
26 people died in crashes on Idaho Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
Idaho Falls had 25 fatal crashes in five years, in which 26 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Idaho State towns of 25,000–100,000 people (3.3, 11 towns).
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.
Idaho Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Falls | C+ | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Ammon | — | — | — |
| Lincoln | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ammon has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Lincoln is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Idaho State towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Falls | C+ | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Post Falls | B | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| Coeur d'Alene | B− | 2.6 | 8.9 |
| Caldwell | C | 4.5 | 8.0 |
| Twin Falls | C | 3.9 | 12.3 |
| Pocatello | C | 3.4 | 14.6 |
The five graded Idaho State towns closest to Idaho Falls’ population (71,785), 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 Idaho Falls. 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 Idaho Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (70,454 in 2025); our figure for Idaho Falls is 71,785 (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 Idaho Falls
Is Idaho Falls, ID safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Idaho Falls reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #35 of 41 in Idaho State. Its police reported 3.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Idaho State and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Idaho Falls?
3.2 violent and 11.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Idaho State reports 2.5 and 8.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Idaho Falls in 2025?
Idaho Falls’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Idaho Falls?
Idaho Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Idaho Falls”. 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.