Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Lewiston records about as much crime as the typical place among U.S. towns
Lewiston grades B− for safety overall (#26 of 41 graded towns in Idaho): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.6 violent crimes and 13.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 2.6 and 8.8 in the rest of Idaho.
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’s behind Lewiston’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Lewiston’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.1) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lewiston | Rest of Idaho | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lewiston’s police reported 167 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the rest of Idaho and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Lewiston 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lewiston property | Rest of Idaho property | Lewiston violent | Rest of Idaho violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.4 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 13.1 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 13.3 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Idaho.
520 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.
56 violent and 464 property, as reported to the FBI by Lewiston’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Lewiston’s roads in 2019–2023
Lewiston had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 9.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Idaho 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.
Lewiston and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Idaho towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| Rexburg | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Moscow | B+ | 0.2 | 12.0 |
| Post Falls | B | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| Coeur d'Alene | B− | 2.6 | 8.9 |
| Twin Falls | C | 3.9 | 12.3 |
The five graded Idaho towns closest to Lewiston’s population (34,717), 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 Lewiston. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Lewiston’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,805 in 2025); our figure for Lewiston is 34,717 (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 Lewiston
Is Lewiston, ID safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lewiston reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #26 of 41 in Idaho. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the rest of Idaho and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Lewiston?
1.6 violent and 13.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Idaho reports 2.6 and 8.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Lewiston in 2025?
Lewiston’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Lewiston?
Lewiston’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lewiston”. 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.