Pocatello Westside Residential Historic District · Photo: Eric Kjaemperud · CC BY-SA 3.0Pocatello reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Pocatello’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #39 of 41 graded towns in 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 stands out about safety in Pocatello
Pocatello reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Idaho towns on Pocatello’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Chubbuck (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Idaho towns, lower
Idaho’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Pocatello’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 5% of the 41 Idaho towns we grade, against 30% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Pocatello is home to Idaho State University, with 10,140 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 11% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Pocatello’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.4) 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 (14.6) 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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Pocatello’s police reported 600 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Idaho and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Pocatello | Rest of Idaho | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Pocatello property | Rest of Idaho property | Pocatello violent | Rest of Idaho violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 13.9 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 15.9 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 14.1 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
1,016 crimes reported in 2025
190 violent and 826 property, as reported to the FBI by Pocatello’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Pocatello’s roads in 2019–2023
Pocatello had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.2 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.
Pocatello and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Idaho towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocatello | C | 3.4 | 14.6 |
| Post Falls | B | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| Coeur d'Alene | B− | 2.6 | 8.9 |
| Idaho Falls | C+ | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Caldwell | C | 4.5 | 8.0 |
| Twin Falls | C | 3.9 | 12.3 |
The five graded Idaho towns closest to Pocatello’s population (58,771), 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 Pocatello. 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 Pocatello’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (58,690 in 2025); our figure for Pocatello is 58,771 (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 Pocatello
Is Pocatello, ID safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pocatello reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #39 of 41 in Idaho. Its police reported 3.4 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 Pocatello?
3.4 violent and 14.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Idaho reports 2.5 and 8.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Pocatello?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Pocatello in 2025?
Pocatello’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 Pocatello safer than Chubbuck?
Chubbuck reports more crime per resident than Pocatello: Chubbuck grades C− for safety and Pocatello C. Chubbuck’s police reported 2.8 violent and 24.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pocatello?
Pocatello’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pocatello”. 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.