The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Caldwell, ID
Caldwell is the fourth-largest city in Idaho, with 81,800 residents in Canyon County, about 25 miles west of downtown Boise · Updated November 2026
Is Caldwell, ID safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Caldwell is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Caldwell sits near the middle: 47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Caldwell run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 821 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Caldwell as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Caldwell scores 821.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Caldwell, ID at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Caldwell, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Caldwell
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades C in Caldwell, worse than in the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live, against A- for violent crime as a whole.
Vehicle theft runs low. Caldwell has 0.97 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Caldwell
Most of Caldwell grades well: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Caldwell run from A+ to C+; 39% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Caldwell, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Caldwell?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Caldwell is up 26% and property crime is down 45%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.6 to 4.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 17 to 9.6 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CaldwellUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Caldwell. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Caldwell
Violent, US
Property, Caldwell
Property, US
2016
-29%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
-19%
+4%
+20%
+12%
2018
-7%
+0%
+25%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
-23%
+6%
-38%
-10%
2022
+30%
+5%
-22%
-6%
2023
+48%
+2%
-42%
-7%
2024
+26%
-4%
-44%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Caldwell
CrimeGrade™ estimates Caldwell has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 25% less than the US as a whole and 35% more than Idaho.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Caldwell, about 39% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Caldwell
Caldwell has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Caldwell, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Caldwell compares with nearby cities
Caldwell has the most crime of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Caldwell apart: it has 6.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 75% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 82% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.31 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.85% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Caldwell
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Caldwell about $1,147 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $99 million a year, or $1,216 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.3 million
$28
Rape
$4.1 million
$50
Robbery
$140,000
$2
Assault
$13 million
$154
Burglary
$1.1 million
$13
Theft
$2.8 million
$35
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$15
Arson
$110,000
$1
Vandalism
$4.0 million
$49
Total
$28 million
$346
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Caldwell means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Caldwell is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Caldwell, ID average a SchoolGrade of D+: 38% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Caldwell on SchoolGrade
