Pocatello, ID Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Pocatello, ID Summary

Crime in Pocatello research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Pocatello over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Pocatello:

  • There were 1,019 total crimes committed in Pocatello the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,759.5 total crimes per 100K people in Pocatello.
  • The overall crime rate in Pocatello is -24.30% below the national average.
  • Pocatello ranks #55 safest out of 61 cities in Idaho.
  • Pocatello ranks #5,982 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Pocatello Vs Idaho And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pocatello is 1,759.5 per 100,000 people. That's -24.30% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 29.90% higher than the Idaho total crime rate of 1,354.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pocatello
/ 100k People
Idaho
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,019 1,759.5 1,354.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.2 6.3
Robbery 5 8.6 9.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 209 360.9 185.3 268.2
Violent Crime 238 411.0 242.6 369.8
Burglary 173 298.7 204.2 269.8
Larceny 524 904.8 810.9 1,401.9
Car Theft 84 145.0 96.7 282.7
Property Crime 781 1,348.6 1,111.9 1,954.4

Pocatello Crime Compared To Idaho Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Idaho.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Pocatello

238
Violent Crimes
411.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
11.13%
Above The National Average
  • There were 238 violent crimes in Pocatello in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pocatello is 411.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 243.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pocatello each year. That compares to a 1 in 412.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 11.13% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 69.40% higher than the Idaho violent crime rate of 242.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pocatello

781
Property Crimes
1,348.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.00%
Below The National Average
  • There were 781 property crimes in Pocatello in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pocatello is 1,348.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pocatello each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.00% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 21.29% higher than the Idaho property crime rate of 1,111.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pocatello

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Idaho Falls, ID 68,162 1,172 1,719.4 1,371.7 347.7
Chubbuck, ID 15,970 446 2,792.7 2,536.0 256.7
Blackfoot, ID 12,437 318 2,556.9 2,211.1 345.7
Shelley, ID 5,232 46 879.2 802.8 76.5
American Falls, ID 4,661 54 1,158.5 858.2 300.4
Aberdeen, ID 1,975 25 1,265.8 1,012.7 253.2

Pocatello SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
9.5
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