Violent crime
5,513 per 100,000 residents, per year
259 reported in the last 12 months
+678% vs. Boise (709)
Data through August 2026, Boise Police Department
Crime in Downtown Boise, Boise
The violent crime rate in Downtown Boise is 5,513 per 100,000 residents per year, 678% above Boise as a whole (709). It ranks 1 of 24 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Aug 2026Property crime
6,577 per 100,000 residents, per year
309 reported in the last 12 months
+533% vs. Boise (1,040)
All reported
18,135 per 100,000 residents, per year
852 reported in the last 12 months
+701% vs. Boise (2,264)
About 36,237 people work in Downtown Boise, 7.7 times its 4,698 residents (Census jobs data, 2023). The rates divide by residents only, so they run high here: most people in Downtown Boise on a weekday live somewhere else. The counts, and how they change from year to year, say more than the rate.
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks inside city limits, scaled to today’s city total) of 4,698 for Downtown Boise. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.
Where Downtown Boise sits in Boise
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Downtown Boise is among the highest in the city: rank 1 of 24. Nearby in the ranking: Liberty Park (2,988), West End (1,230).
Violent crime, month by month
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Downtown Boise |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 23 |
| Oct 2025 | 21 |
| Nov 2025 | 24 |
| Dec 2025 | 21 |
| Jan 2026 | 22 |
| Feb 2026 | 22 |
| Mar 2026 | 23 |
| Apr 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 22 |
| Jun 2026 | 16 |
| Jul 2026 | 26 |
| Aug 2026 | 27 |
When crime happens in Downtown Boise
12 months to Aug 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Downtown Boise happened between 4 pm and 1 am. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 4 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Boise Police Department; 14% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 am | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 am | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 am | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 11 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 pm | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 pm | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 2 pm | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 3 pm | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 pm | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 5 pm | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 6 pm | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 7 pm | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 pm | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 10 pm | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 11 pm | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 12 am | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 1 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 am | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 am | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 am | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 am | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total with a known time | 91 | 175 | 266 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Boise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 247 | 5,258 | +662% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 11 | 234 | +1229% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 21 | +1592% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 153 | 3,257 | +537% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 115 | 2,448 | +786% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 19 | 404 | +212% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 14 | 298 | +364% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 8 | 170 | +194% |
| Drug offensesOther | 272 | 5,790 | +1113% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 12 | 255 | +562% |
Source and dates
BPD_Crimes_Public- Source
- Boise Police Department, via City of Boise Open Data (dataset BPD_Crimes_Public), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 4,698 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Boise, ID
- All neighborhoods
- Boise neighborhoods by reported crime rate