Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Moscow, ID Crime Grade
How Moscow 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Idaho
1/10
vs. Idaho cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Moscow, ID was 33.0 per 100,000 residents (9 incidents over a population of 27,249). That puts Moscow Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 85% below the Idaho statewide rate of 220.4.
That ranks Moscow #281 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 93% of them, and #1 of 21 in Idaho. Violent crime is up 76% year over year and down 13% over the last five years.
Moscow, ID crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Idaho Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 33.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #281 of 3,771
- ID rank
- #1 of 21
- Safer than
- 93% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 76%
- 5-year change
- down 13%
- Population
- 27,249
- Reporting agency
- Moscow Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Moscow Police Department (FBI ORI ID0290500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Moscow, ID
Also known as
- Paradise Valley
- Hog Heaven
- S'maqw'l
History
Originally called Hog Heaven, said by some to be named for the herds of hogs feeding in the area, supposedly left by transients in the area before 1870; or for the hogs that settlers raised.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Moscow (red), Idaho (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Moscow 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 | 37.9(10) | 87.7(23) | 15.0(4) | 18.7(5) | 33.0(9) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 15.2(4) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 11.4(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.7(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 37.9(10) | 61.0(16) | 15.0(4) | 18.7(5) | 29.4(8) |
| Property crime | 1649.7(435) | 1326.2(348) | 1487.3(396) | 1019.3(272) | 1115.6(304) |
| Burglary | 295.8(78) | 228.7(60) | 221.6(59) | 108.7(29) | 150.5(41) |
| Larceny | 1293.2(341) | 1048.0(275) | 1201.9(320) | 888.2(237) | 939.5(256) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 49.3(13) | 38.1(10) | 48.8(13) | 22.5(6) | 22.0(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Moscow, 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 Moscow 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 Moscow calculated?
- Moscow'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 Moscow 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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