#1Soda Springs
Caribou County · 3,165 people5.64 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.6, property 3.1
Soda Springs, #1 on this list · Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Idaho rankings · Safety
Safest towns in Idaho
Soda Springs reports the least crime per resident of Idaho’s 41 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 10 of the 41 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 1 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
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#2Rexburg
Madison County · 40,334 people6.43 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.6, property 4.1
#3Preston
Franklin County · 6,177 people7.83 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 1.0, property 4.0
All 41 towns
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
41 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
#TownWeighted rateViolentPropertyGrade
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: Garden City, 38.56. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
Not ranked
18 towns without figures of their own
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 0 of Idaho’s counties and county sheriff figures for 34; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
- Ammon Bonneville County · 20,119 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Burley Cassia County · 12,409 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Eagle Ada County · 34,658 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Filer Twin Falls County · 3,026 people: figures for 2023 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Fort Hall Bannock County · 2,654 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Grangeville Idaho County · 3,621 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Hailey Blaine County · 10,053 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Hayden Kootenai County · 17,363 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hidden Springs Ada County · 3,378 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Homedale Owyhee County · 3,138 people: figures for 2023 only (all three years are needed).
- Iona Bonneville County · 3,179 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Kuna Ada County · 31,525 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lincoln Bonneville County · 4,002 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Mountain Home AFB Elmore County · 3,219 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Orofino Clearwater County · 3,259 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Salmon Lemhi County · 3,286 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Star Ada County · 20,874 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Victor Teton County · 2,589 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which is the safest town in Idaho?
Soda Springs (Caribou County) reports the least crime per resident: 5.64 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.63 violent and 3.14 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports (2023 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer). Rexburg (6.43) and Preston (7.83) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 18 Idaho towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
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