FY21 Crime Statistics

Crimes in Boise

Boise Violent and Property Crimes

This section contains a table displaying Boise Violent and Property Crimes rates per 1,000 citizens from 1992 to 2020 and also a line chart illustrating the steady low rate of violent crime and downward trend of property crime rate.

Year	Violent Crime Rate Per 1,000 Citizens	Property Crime Rate per 1,000 Citizens
1992	3.97	51.19
1993	4.85	51.53
1994	3.43	54.93
1995	4.17	53.83
1996	3.11	51.78
1997	3.21	45.22
1998	3.43	47.84
1999	2.89	42.4
2000	3.95	40.83
2001	3.33	42.54
2002	3.49	41.31
2003	3.23	42.17
2004	3.73	37.11
2005	3.57	36.41
2006	3.67	31.77
2007	2.75	29.35
2008	2.57	27.89
2009	2.49	27.24
2010	2.43	27.99
2011	2.3	26.85
2012	2.67	26.55
2013	2.45	23.12
2014	2.62	22.16
2015	2.67	24.26
2016	2.7	24.18
2017	2.54	25.85
2018	2.32	21.17
2019	2.33	16.68
2020	2.49	16.84

Boise Violent Crimes

This table displays Boise Violent Crimes total count for Quarters 1 through 3 for each year beginning at 2017 through 2021. A line and bar chart is also present illustrating the downward trend of total Violent Crimes in Boise.

Crimes numbers shown in this chart include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. This chart shows numbers for the first three quarters of each year including 2021. These are total charges, not adjusted for population or population rate. This trend shows that crime reports are going down even though we know our population numbers are going up.

Year	Violent Crimes
2017 Q1-Q3	4806
2018 Q1-Q3	4033
2019 Q1-Q3	3349
2020 Q1-Q3	3361
2021 Q1-Q3	2495

Top Calls for Service

Top 10 Public Initiated calls 2021 Quarter 2
Welfare Check	2831
Citizen Assist	2289
Welfare Check 911 Hang up	1542
Commercial Burglary Alarm	1149
Problem with a subject	1070
Domestic Dispute	1019
Suspicious Vehicle	983
Crash-non injury	979
Theft report	948
Supplemental Information	792

Crime Rates from Comparable Cities

In the tables below you can see crime rates from comparable cities. Note the total rate in Boise is down below 20 while it’s higher in other cities.

Boise Total Crime Index Rate

This table displays Boise's Total Crime Index Rate per 1,000 citizens from 1992 to 2020. A line and bar chart is also present illustrating the crime index rate per year and a downward trend.

Year	Total Crime Index
1992	55.16
1993	56.38
1994	58.36
1995	58.00
1996	54.89
1997	48.43
1998	51.27
1999	45.29
2000	44.78
2001	45.87
2002	44.80
2003	45.40
2004	40.84
2005	39.98
2006	35.44
2007	32.10
2008	30.46
2009	29.73
2010	30.42
2011	29.15
2012	29.22
2013	25.57
2014	24.78
2015	26.93
2016	26.88
2017	28.39
2018	23.49
2019	19.01
2020	19.33

Reno, NV Total Crime Index Rate

This table displays the total crime index rate per 1,000 citizens of peer cities: Reno, NV, Line and bar charts for each city are also present, beginning at the end of the third table. Tables are left aligned.

Reno, NV
Year	TC per 1000
2000	54
2001	58
2002	59
2003	64
2004	58
2005	61
2006	59
2007	51
2008	52
2009	47
2010	39
2011	34
2012	38
2013	36
2014	34
2015	37
2016	40
2017	38
2018	31
2019	27

Salt Lake City, UT Total Index Crime Rate

This table displays the total crime index rate per 1,000 citizens of peer cities: Salt Lake City, UT. Line and bar charts for each city are also present, beginning at the end of the third table. Tables are left aligned.

Salt Lake City, UT
Year	TC per 1000
2000	94
2001	89
2002	101
2003	98
2004	97
2005	93
2006	65
2007	94
2008	98
2009	88
2010	85
2011	74
2012	82
2013	79
2014	92
2015	102
2016	95
2017	89
2018	69
2019	64

Spokane, WA Total Index Crime Rate

This table displays the total crime index rate per 1,000 citizens of peer cities: Spokane, WA. Line and bar charts for each city are also present, beginning at the end of the third table. Tables are left aligned.

Spokane, WA
Year	TC per 1000
2000	86
2001	86
2002	79
2003	86
2004	96
2005	67
2006	92
2007	64
2008	62
2009	72
2010	80
2011	77
2012	94
2013	100
2014	91
2015	81
2016	83
2017	79
2018	79
2019	66

Violent Crime Rate per 1,000 Citizens

This section contains four tables displaying the violent crime rate per 1,000 citizens for the years 2000 through 2019 for Boise, ID, and peer cities Reno, NV, Salt Lake City, UT, and Spokane, WA. Line and bar charts for each city are also present, beginning at the end of the fourth table. Tables are left aligned.

Boise Violent Crime Rate Per 1,000 Citizens

Boise, ID
Year	VC per 1000
2000	3.75
2001	3.35
2002	3.53
2003	3.27
2004	3.84
2005	3.84
2006	3.89
2007	3.25
2008	2.70
2009	2.61
2010	2.62
2011	2.45
2012	2.68
2013	2.80
2014	2.96
2015	3.09
2016	2.98
2017	2.79
2018	2.77
2019	2.81

Reno, NV Violent Crime Rate Per 1,000 Citizens

Reno, NV
Year	VC per 1000
2000	4.87
2001	6.39
2002	7.56
2003	6.40
2004	7.33
2005	7.41
2006	7.03
2007	7.06
2008	7.01
2009	6.66
2010	5.26
2011	4.88
2012	5.17
2013	4.96
2014	4.88
2015	5.92
2016	7.02
2017	6.74
2018	6.48
2019	5.58

Salt Lake City, UT Violent Crime Rate Per 1,000 Citizens

Salt Lake City, UT
Year	VC per 1000
2000	7.25
2001	6.31
2002	6.54
2003	7.03
2004	7.27
2005	6.95
2006	5.98
2007	8.40
2008	7.87
2009	7.06
2010	7.25
2011	6.38
2012	6.75
2013	7.75
2014	7.52
2015	8.55
2016	9.36
2017	8.79
2018	7.30
2019	7.12

Spokane, WA Violent Crime Rate Per 1,000 Citizens

Spokane, WA
Year	VC per 1000
2000	6.54
2001	7.09
2002	6.46
2003	5.85
2004	6.07
2005	5.62
2006	8.12
2007	6.67
2008	6.71
2009	6.26
2010	6.25
2011	6.15
2012	6.45
2013	6.87
2014	5.48
2015	5.22
2016	5.98
2017	6.27
2018	7.98
2019	6.90

Source

Source: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-8/table-8.xls/view

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