The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene is the seventh-largest city in Idaho, with 62,300 residents in Kootenai County · Updated November 2026
Is Coeur d'Alene, ID safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Coeur d'Alene has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Coeur d'Alene run from A+ to B+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 879 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Coeur d'Alene as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Coeur d'Alene scores 879.
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 Coeur d'Alene, ID at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Coeur d'Alene, 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 Coeur d'Alene
Reported rapes run above the US rate. Coeur d'Alene has less crime than the US as a whole, 26% below the US rate, but more reported rapes: 0.86 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
One part of Coeur d'Alene stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Fruitland & East Lacrosse, in central Coeur d'Alene, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Coeur d'Alene
Every part of Coeur d'Alene where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Coeur d'Alene run from A+ to B+; 77% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Coeur D'Alene Place, Waterford & Hawks Nest, northwestClose to the rest of Coeur d'Alene on most crimes.A892
2Riverstone Plaza & Mill River, westClose to the rest of Coeur d'Alene on most crimes.A879
3Garden Park & Downtown Coeur D'Alene, southThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Coeur d'Alene.A-846
4Fruitland & East Lacrosse, centralAggravated assaults run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Coeur d'Alene.A-794
Neighborhood areas of Coeur d'Alene, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Coeur d'Alene?
Reported violent crime in Coeur d'Alene peaked in 2020 and has fallen 36% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 30% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.7 to 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 14 to 9.7 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 20%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Coeur d'AleneUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Coeur d'Alene. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Coeur d'Alene
Violent, US
Property, Coeur d'Alene
Property, US
2016
+30%
+4%
+109%
+15%
2017
+50%
+4%
+66%
+12%
2018
+42%
+0%
+40%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+42%
+4%
+12%
-8%
2021
+19%
+6%
-15%
-10%
2022
+17%
+5%
-25%
-6%
2023
+14%
+2%
-23%
-7%
2024
-9%
-4%
-30%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Coeur d'Alene
CrimeGrade™ estimates Coeur d'Alene has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 26% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Coeur d'Alene is assault, about 45% of the total. It also makes up 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 Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Coeur d'Alene, 70% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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 Coeur d'Alene compares with nearby cities
Coeur d'Alene has the most crime of its 6 nearest cities.
One thing sets Coeur d'Alene apart: it has 15.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Coeur d'Alene: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower 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. 67% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.56 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 71% 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.4.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 63% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.10% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 62% 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 Coeur d'Alene
Crime costs Coeur d'Alene about $693 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 42% less than 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 $49 million a year, or $788 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$760,000
$12
Rape
$3.2 million
$52
Robbery
$210,000
$3
Assault
$7.5 million
$121
Burglary
$580,000
$9
Theft
$2.6 million
$41
Vehicle theft
$470,000
$7
Arson
$110,000
$2
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$32
Total
$17 million
$280
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 Coeur d'Alene 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.
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 Coeur d'Alene, ID average a SchoolGrade of B+: 51% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Coeur d'Alene on SchoolGrade
