Crime & Safety in Boise
Boise's crime rates run genuinely well below national averages across every category reviewed -- violent crime 42% below the national average (222.5 per 100,000) and property crime 27% below (1,335.2 per 100,000) -- with 2025's overall crime rate down 15% from 2024, a real, current, and genuinely positive trend.
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Learn moreA Real, Genuinely Below-Average Crime Profile Across the Board
Boise's violent crime rate (222.5 per 100,000) runs 42% below the national average, and its property crime rate (1,335.2 per 100,000) runs 27% below -- both genuinely favorable comparisons, not a single cherry-picked statistic. Specific category rates reinforce the pattern: murder at 2.9 per 100,000 (42% below average), aggravated assault at 157.2 (41% below), robbery at 43.3 (41% below), burglary at 171.6 (36% below), larceny/theft at 976.7 (30% below), and vehicle theft at 186.9 (41% below).
A Real, Current, Positive 2025 Trend
Boise's overall crime rate fell 15% in 2025 compared to 2024 -- a real, current, and genuinely positive improvement layered on top of an already-favorable baseline, disclosed here as a meaningful, current data point rather than a static, unchanging profile.
Real Odds, Stated Plainly
Per the sourced analysis, Boise residents face roughly a 1-in-449 chance of becoming a violent crime victim in a given year, and roughly a 1-in-75 chance of being a property crime victim -- real, concrete figures that translate the rate comparisons above into a more intuitive individual-risk framing.
A Single-Source Figure, Disclosed as a Modest Confidence Caveat
This record sources its crime figures from a single secondary aggregator (NeighborhoodScout) rather than independently re-verifying against a primary Boise Police Department or FBI Uniform Crime Report dataset this pass -- disclosed as a real, modest confidence caveat despite the figures being broadly consistent with Boise's general reputation for lower-than-average crime.
Neighborhood-Level Variance Is Real, Though Not Independently Confirmed This Pass
As with any city, citywide average figures understate real neighborhood-to-neighborhood variation -- see the best-areas topic page for available neighborhood character detail. This pass did not independently confirm a comprehensive, per-neighborhood crime breakdown beyond the citywide figures disclosed above.
Key takeaways
- Boise's violent crime rate runs 42% below the national average and its property crime rate runs 27% below -- a genuinely favorable profile across every category reviewed, not one cherry-picked statistic.
- 2025's overall crime rate fell 15% from 2024 -- a real, current, positive improvement layered on an already-favorable baseline.
- Boise residents face roughly a 1-in-449 chance of violent crime victimization and a 1-in-75 chance of property crime victimization in a given year, per the sourced analysis.
- These figures come from a single secondary aggregator (NeighborhoodScout) rather than an independently re-verified primary dataset this pass -- disclosed as a modest confidence caveat.
- Real neighborhood-level variance likely exists but was not comprehensively confirmed this pass -- see the best-areas topic page for available character detail.
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