Crime reported in Ponderay, ID
Ponderay’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
And fewer than 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.
The years Ponderay’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Idaho. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
Show as a table
| Year | Ponderay | Rest of Idaho | Ponderay | Rest of Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.9 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | not reported | 10.0 | not reported | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
9 crimes reported in 2025
1 violent and 8 property, as reported to the FBI by Ponderay’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest Idaho towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandpoint | B | 2 mi | 0.7 | 11.7 |
| Priest River | A− | 19 mi | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| Bonners Ferry | B | 29 mi | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| Rathdrum | B+ | 39 mi | 0.9 | 8.1 |
| Coeur d'Alene | B− | 43 mi | 2.6 | 8.9 |
| Post Falls | B | 44 mi | 1.5 | 7.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Ponderay. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ponderay.
One person died in crashes on Ponderay’s roads in 2019–2023
Ponderay had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Idaho towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Ponderay’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ponderay’s own rate (13.0) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Ponderay 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. Kootenai has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Ponderay. 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 Ponderay’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,245 in 2025); our figure for Ponderay is 2,024 (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 Ponderay
Is Ponderay, ID safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Ponderay. Ponderay’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Idaho towns with a grade are Sandpoint (B, 2 mi), Priest River (A−, 19 mi), Bonners Ferry (B, 29 mi).
Who polices Ponderay?
Ponderay’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ponderay”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Ponderay.
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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.