The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Nampa, ID: Crime Maps and Statistics

C+

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	B
Property Crime Grade	B
Other Crime Grade	D+

Which crimes are included?

$41.0 million

Cost of Crime™ for Nampa, ID

In 2025, crime will cost $878 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Nampa with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Nampa, ID Safe?

The C+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Nampa's combined rate is about the same as the norm. Nampa sits in the 50th percentile, ahead of 50% of cities and behind 50%. The grade covers only Nampa's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Nampa is 23.85 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 28 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 70 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of Nampa, ID report the most crime, about 662 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 186 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Nampa, ID

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Nampa for 2025 is $41,002,413, about $307 per resident and $878 per household. That equals 0.9% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 64.0%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 22.6%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.3%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Nampa Compared to Other Cities?

Nampa, ID:	$307
Ketchum, ID:	$629
Meridian, ID:	$206
Idaho:	$330
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Nampa is $307 per year, which is $158 less than the national average and $23 less than Idaho's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Nampa:

In Ketchum, ID, crime costs $629 per person, which is $322 more than in Nampa.
In Meridian, ID, crime costs $206 per person, which is $100 less than in Nampa

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Nampa for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Nampa	Cost per Nampa Resident
Murder	$6.49 million	$49
Rape/Sexual Assault	$7.34 million	$55
Robbery	$230,145	$2
Assault	$5.00 million	$37
Kidnapping	$2.00 million	$15
Vehicle Theft	$1.34 million	$10
Burglary	$1.43 million	$11
Theft	$5.21 million	$39
Arson	$284,817	$2
Vandalism	$2.34 million	$18
Animal Cruelty	$51,617	$0
Drug Crimes	$9.09 million	$68
Identity Theft	$194,584	$1
Total Cost of Crime	$41,002,413	$307

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Nampa, ID

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Nampa totals $79,526,083 ($595 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $120,528,496 ($901 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The northwest part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Nampa has 10, do the same, and of Nampa's 133,745 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Nampa Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Nampa residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.301
Robbery	0.0547
Rape	0.9051
Murder	0.0258
Total Violent Crime	2.287 (B)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	7.517
Vehicle Theft	0.6485
Burglary	1.179
Arson	0.0882
Total Property Crime	9.433 (B)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.2469
Drug Crimes	9.189
Vandalism	2.451
Identity Theft	0.1880
Animal Cruelty	0.0522
Total "Other" Rate	12.13 (D+)

Individual Nampa Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Nampa is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Nampa.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Knowlton Heights, ID	B-	C	A-
Caldwell, ID	C+	B-	B
Sunnyslope, ID	A	A-	A+
Meridian, ID	A	A-	A+
Mora, ID	A+	A	A+
Star, ID	A	B+	A+
Middleton, ID	B+	C	A+
Kuna, ID	A-	A-	A+
Marsing, ID	D+	C+	C+
Melba, ID	A-	A-	A+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Nampa is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Wichita Falls, TX	D	D	D
Yuma, AZ	C-	D+	D+
Yukon, OK	B-	B	B
West Valley City, UT	D	B-	B-
Whittier, CA	C	D+	D+
Wichita, KS	D-	D-	D-
Vallejo, CA	D+	D	D
Van Nuys, CA	D	D	D
Waterloo, IA	D	D-	D-
West Chester, PA	B+	A-	A-

Considering only the crime rate, Nampa is as safe as the Idaho state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Nampa, ID average SchoolGrade of B-, with 40% actual proficiency versus 41% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Nampa schools on SchoolGrade

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