Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sandpoint, ID Crime Grade
How Sandpoint 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Idaho
1/10
vs. Idaho cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sandpoint, ID was 64.1 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 10,924). That puts Sandpoint 80% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 71% below the Idaho statewide rate of 220.4.
That ranks Sandpoint #687 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 82% of them, and #3 of 21 in Idaho. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Sandpoint, ID crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Idaho Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 64.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #687 of 3,771
- ID rank
- #3 of 21
- Safer than
- 82% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 10,924
- Reporting agency
- Sandpoint Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sandpoint Police Department (FBI ORI ID0090200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sandpoint, ID
Also known as
- Hangtown
- Q'apq'api
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. Sandpoint (red), Idaho (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sandpoint 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 | 84.4(8) | 74.2(7) | 48.3(5) | 85.7(9) | 64.1(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 10.6(1) | 9.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.5(1) | 9.2(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 84.4(8) | 63.6(6) | 29.0(3) | 76.2(8) | 54.9(6) |
| Property crime | 1287.5(122) | 1081.8(102) | 1430.6(148) | 1019.2(107) | 1126.0(123) |
| Burglary | 327.1(31) | 286.4(27) | 290.0(30) | 161.9(17) | 210.5(23) |
| Larceny | 833.7(79) | 678.8(64) | 1063.3(110) | 771.6(81) | 869.6(95) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 126.6(12) | 95.5(9) | 48.3(5) | 76.2(8) | 45.8(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sandpoint, 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 Sandpoint 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 Sandpoint calculated?
- Sandpoint'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 Sandpoint 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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