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Safety in Weiser · FBI data, 2023–2025

Weiser reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns

On crimes reported to the FBI by Weiser’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #4 of 41 graded towns in Idaho.

Violent crime
1.7
per 1,000 a year · Below rest of ID (2.6)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
1.0
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of ID (9.0)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
51
32 violent · 19 property
2023–2025
Trend
→ Steady
2023 to 2025
within ordinary swings

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.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Weiser’s grade

Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Weiser’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.7) 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.

Where Weiser sits
B− Violent 1.7A+ Property 1.0
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 81%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Idaho towns we grade (41)Less crime than 90% · #4 of 41
Places of 5,000–25,000 people (3,282)Less crime than 81%
A fairly firm grade. Built on 51 reported crimes over three years. Ordinary swings could put Weiser anywhere from A− to A.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Violent crime

Violent crime, by year and by type

Weiser’s police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the rest of Idaho and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 1 property crime reported

And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (1)Violent crime (2.2)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Weiser2.2
Rest of ID2.5
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Weiser1.0
Rest of ID7.6
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

Trend

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.

Show as a table
YearWeiser propertyRest of Idaho propertyWeiser violentRest of Idaho violent
20222.811.61.32.8
20231.710.11.72.6
20240.59.41.32.6
20251.07.62.22.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

20 crimes reported in 2025

14 violent and 6 property, as reported to the FBI by Weiser’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft2
Burglary4
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault14
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
14
violent crimes
6
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Weiser’s roads in 2019–2023

That is about what is typical for Idaho towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (1.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Weiser’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Weiser’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Idaho towns of 5,000–25,000: 1.8

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.

Next door

Weiser and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Weiser
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
WeiserA−1.71.0

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Idaho towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
WeiserA−1.71.0
PrestonA−1.04.0
KimberlyA−1.04.2
FruitlandA−0.85.2
RigbyB1.211.2
RupertC+4.76.6

The five graded Idaho towns closest to Weiser’s population (6,249), by grade.

How to read these numbers

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 Weiser. 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 Weiser’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,230 in 2025); our figure for Weiser is 6,249 (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 Weiser

Is Weiser, ID safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Weiser reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #4 of 41 in Idaho. Its police reported 1.7 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 Weiser?

1.7 violent and 1.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Idaho reports 2.6 and 9.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.

Is crime going up or down in Weiser?

Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.

Who polices Weiser?

Weiser’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Weiser”. 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.