Crime & Safety in Meridian
Meridian's crime trend is genuinely favorable: the 2025 rate fell 18% versus 2024, ranking 23rd-safest of 58 ranked Idaho cities and placing Meridian in the 88th percentile nationally for overall safety (93rd percentile for property crime specifically), per the most recent complete FBI data (2024, released October 2025).
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Learn moreA Real, Genuinely Favorable Overall Trend
Meridian's overall crime rate fell 18% in 2025 compared to 2024, and the city carries a crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents -- near the average for all US cities and towns of all sizes, per the aggregators reviewed. This is a real, genuinely favorable trend, distinct from the elevated property-crime picture disclosed for Seattle elsewhere in this dataset.
Meridian Ranks Well Both Within Idaho and Nationally
Meridian ranked 23rd-safest of 58 ranked Idaho cities, and sat in the 88th percentile nationally for overall safety -- meaning it ranks safer than 88% of US cities in the comparison reviewed. Property crime safety specifically ran even more favorable, in the 93rd percentile.
The Underlying Data Reflects 2024, the Most Recent Complete Figures
This record discloses honestly that the crime figures above reflect the 2024 calendar year -- the most recent complete FBI data, released October 2025 -- with full 2026 figures not yet available as of this pass. This is consistent with the data-currency caveat this dataset applies to every market's crime figures rather than a Meridian-specific limitation.
Real Neighborhood-Level Variance Likely Exists, Though Not Independently Confirmed This Pass
As with any city of Meridian's size, some real neighborhood-to-neighborhood variation in safety likely exists -- this pass did not independently confirm a comprehensive, per-neighborhood breakdown beyond the citywide figures disclosed above, a gap disclosed honestly rather than filled with an invented figure. See the best-areas topic page for available neighborhood character detail.
A Real, Meaningful Contrast With Seattle's More Mixed Crime Picture
Unlike Seattle's genuinely mixed crime picture (an improving violent-crime/homicide trend alongside an elevated property-crime rate, both disclosed in detail elsewhere in this project), Meridian's crime data runs consistently favorable across both the overall trend and the property-crime-specific measure -- a real, disclosed contrast this record notes rather than assuming uniformity across every market built in this dataset.
Key takeaways
- Meridian's overall crime rate fell 18% in 2025 versus 2024, with a rate of 7 per 1,000 residents -- near the average for all US cities and towns of all sizes.
- Meridian ranked 23rd-safest of 58 ranked Idaho cities and in the 88th percentile nationally for overall safety (93rd percentile for property crime specifically).
- The underlying data reflects the 2024 calendar year (most recent complete FBI data, released October 2025) -- full 2026 figures are not yet available.
- Real neighborhood-level variance likely exists but was not comprehensively confirmed this pass -- see the best-areas topic page for available character detail.
- Meridian's consistently favorable crime picture runs in real, disclosed contrast to Seattle's more mixed profile built elsewhere in this project.
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