Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pocatello, ID Crime Grade
How Pocatello 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Idaho
9/10
vs. Idaho cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Pocatello, ID was 323.7 per 100,000 residents (190 incidents over a population of 58,690). That puts Pocatello Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 47% above the Idaho statewide rate of 220.4.
That ranks Pocatello #2,742 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 27% of them, and #17 of 21 in Idaho. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
Pocatello, ID crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Idaho Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 323.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,742 of 3,771
- ID rank
- #17 of 21
- Safer than
- 27% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 58,690
- Reporting agency
- Pocatello Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pocatello Police Department (FBI ORI ID0030200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pocatello, ID
Also known as
- Pocatello Junction
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. Pocatello (red), Idaho (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pocatello 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 | 336.8(193) | 419.6(243) | 371.6(217) | 344.6(202) | 323.7(190) |
| Murder | 7.0(4) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 48.9(28) | 43.2(25) | 42.8(25) | 42.6(25) | 35.8(21) |
| Robbery | 17.5(10) | 8.6(5) | 29.1(17) | 15.4(9) | 8.5(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 263.5(151) | 367.8(213) | 299.7(175) | 286.6(168) | 279.4(164) |
| Property crime | 1902.1(1,090) | 1360.6(788) | 1421.5(830) | 1607.0(942) | 1414.2(830) |
| Burglary | 314.1(180) | 298.7(173) | 200.4(117) | 254.2(149) | 175.5(103) |
| Larceny | 1364.6(782) | 911.7(528) | 1084.1(633) | 1201.0(704) | 1112.6(653) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 218.1(125) | 145.0(84) | 128.4(75) | 143.3(84) | 119.3(70) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pocatello, 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 Pocatello 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 Pocatello calculated?
- Pocatello'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 Pocatello 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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