Assault per Capita in Boise
The map below shows assault per 1,000 Boise residents.
The map below shows assault per 1,000 Boise residents.
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Assault Grade™
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of assault in Boise is about 1 in 447.
Assault costs the average Boise resident about $64 per year.
Crime Grade's assault map shows the safest places in Boise in green. The most dangerous areas in Boise are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The C- grade means the rate of assault is slightly higher than the average US city. Boise is in the 36th percentile for safety, meaning 64% of cities are safer and 36% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Boise's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of assault in Boise is 2.238 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Boise generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of assault in Boise may be as high as 1 in 238 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 680 in the southwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more assault occurs in the north parts of Boise, WA: about 1 per year. The west part of Boise has fewer cases of assault with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the assault rate in Boise to the Washington state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Boise, WA: | 2.238 |
|---|---|
| Washington: | 2.400 |
| USA: | 2.561 |
Considering only the assault rate, Boise is as safe as the Washington state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Assault is projected to cost the residents of Boise about $74,680 in 2025, or roughly $64 per resident. This is part of Boise's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Boise, including every crime type and how Boise compares to other cities.
Remember that assault rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Boise's crime maps on the Boise overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
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D+ | D | D | D+ | |
C+ | C+ | C | C+ | |
C- | C | D+ | C+ | |
F | F | F | F | |
C | C+ | C- | C+ | |
D+ | C | D+ | B- | |
C- | D- | D+ | D- | |
D- | D | D- | D | |
C- | B- | C- | B | |
C | D- | D+ | D- |
Boise is lower versus other cities of the same size for assault. The table below compares assault in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
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A | B+ | B+ | B+ | |
D | D+ | D+ | D | |
D+ | D | D | D | |
D | C- | C- | C | |
D- | F | F | F | |
D+ | D+ | D+ | D+ | |
B+ | A- | A- | A | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ | |
B+ | A- | A- | A | |
D- | D- | D- | F |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Boise, WA average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus 48% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Boise schools on SchoolGrade
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