Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Meridian, ID Crime Grade
How Meridian grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Idaho — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Idaho
2/10
vs. Idaho cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Meridian, ID was 131.4 per 100,000 residents (191 incidents over a population of 145,320). That puts Meridian Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 40% below the Idaho statewide rate of 220.4.
That ranks Meridian #1,442 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 62% of them, and #4 of 21 in Idaho. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Meridian, ID crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Idaho Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 131.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,442 of 3,771
- ID rank
- #4 of 21
- Safer than
- 62% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 145,320
- Reporting agency
- Meridian Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Meridian Police Department (FBI ORI ID0010300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Meridian (red), Idaho (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Meridian vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 175.9(223) | 150.9(200) | 170.1(230) | 149.6(210) | 131.4(191) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.5(2) | 0.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 44.2(56) | 39.2(52) | 40.7(55) | 32.8(46) | 28.2(41) |
| Robbery | 7.1(9) | 9.1(12) | 7.4(10) | 10.0(14) | 3.4(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 124.7(158) | 102.6(136) | 120.5(163) | 106.2(149) | 99.8(145) |
| Property crime | 742.4(941) | 660.3(875) | 505.0(683) | 582.8(818) | 401.9(584) |
| Burglary | 77.3(98) | 64.9(86) | 57.7(78) | 53.4(75) | 48.2(70) |
| Larceny | 631.2(800) | 548.6(727) | 403.7(546) | 488.1(685) | 323.4(470) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 27.6(35) | 39.2(52) | 39.2(53) | 37.0(52) | 22.0(32) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Meridian, ID Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Meridian Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Meridian calculated?
- Meridian's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Idaho state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Idaho cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Meridian Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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