R.H. and Jessie Bell House · Photo: Tamanoeconomico · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Meridian fell 20% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Meridian grades B+ for safety (#11 of 41 graded towns in Idaho, and #5 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Meridian
Meridian reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Idaho towns on Meridian’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Boise City (C+). Kuna and Eagle have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Meridian’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.7 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Idaho (1.6) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Idaho
7.4 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (5 reported in 2025), below the rest of Idaho (10.6) 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, Meridian reports less crime per resident than 98% (#5). Places like 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 Meridian’s 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Homicides and robberies
Meridian’s police reported 0 homicides, 5 robberies and 191 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.
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| Year | Meridian | Rest of Idaho | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 8.1 | 14.5 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Meridian property | Rest of Idaho property | Meridian violent | Rest of Idaho violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
763 crimes reported in 2025
191 violent and 572 property, as reported to the FBI by Meridian’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
18 people died in crashes on Meridian’s roads in 2019–2023
Meridian had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 3 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.
Meridian and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian | B+ | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| Boise City | C+ | 2.8 | 10.6 |
| Kuna | — | — | — |
| Eagle | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kuna and Eagle have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Idaho towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian | B+ | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| Nampa | C+ | 3.4 | 7.5 |
| Idaho Falls | C+ | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Caldwell | C | 4.5 | 8.0 |
The five graded Idaho towns closest to Meridian’s population (142,988), by grade.
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 Meridian. 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 Meridian’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (145,320 in 2025); our figure for Meridian is 142,988 (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 Meridian
Is Meridian, ID safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Meridian reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #11 of 41 in Idaho. Its police reported 1.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.7 in the rest of Idaho and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Meridian?
1.5 violent and 4.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Idaho reports 2.7 and 9.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Meridian?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Meridian in 2025?
Meridian’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.
Is Meridian safer than Boise City?
Boise City reports more crime per resident than Meridian: Boise City grades C+ for safety and Meridian B+. Boise City’s police reported 2.8 violent and 10.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Meridian?
Meridian’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Meridian”. 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.