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

Crime per Capita in Payette Heights

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Payette Heights. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Payette Heights, Payette, ID Map of Crime Rates
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B

Overall Crime Grade™

B+
A-
Other Crime Grade
D+

$1.36 million

Cost of Crime™ for Payette Heights, Payette, ID

In 2025, crime will cost $891 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Payette Heights 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 Payette Heights, Payette, ID Safe?

The B overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Payette Heights's combined rate is slightly lower than the norm. Payette Heights sits in the 64th percentile, ahead of 64% of neighborhoods and behind 36%. The grade covers only Payette Heights's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Payette Heights is 30.22 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the east part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 23 in the west areas to 1 in 51 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of Payette Heights, Payette, ID report the most crime, about 29 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Payette Heights, Payette, ID

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Payette Heights for 2025 is $1,360,187, about $346 per resident and $891 per household. That equals 1.3% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 65.5%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 21.8%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.6%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Payette Heights Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Payette Heights, Payette, ID: $346
Southeast Boise, Boise, ID: $279
Southwest Ada, Boise, ID: $216
Idaho: $330
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Payette Heights is $346 per year, which is $118 less than the national average and $16 more than Payette's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Payette Heights:
  • In Southeast Boise, Boise, ID, crime costs $279 per person, which is $67 less than in Payette Heights.
  • In Southwest Ada, Boise, ID, crime costs $216 per person, which is $130 less than in Payette Heights

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Payette Heights for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Payette Heights
Cost per Payette Heights Resident
Murder
$164,209
$42
Rape/Sexual Assault
$211,402
$54
Robbery
$14,739
$4
Assault
$220,582
$56
Kidnapping
$15,405
$4
Vehicle Theft
$36,642
$9
Burglary
$72,627
$18
Theft
$210,371
$54
Arson
$7,313
$2
Vandalism
$125,287
$32
Animal Cruelty
$2,395
$1
Drug Crimes
$266,523
$68
Identity Theft
$12,691
$3
Total Cost of Crime
$1,360,187
$346

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Payette Heights, Payette, 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 Payette Heights totals $2,165,673 ($551 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $3,525,860 ($897 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 west part of the neighborhood 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 Payette Heights has 2, do the same, and of Payette Heights's 3,931 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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Payette Heights 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 Payette Heights residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
1.954
Robbery
0.1192
Rape
0.8869
Murder
0.0222
Total Violent Crime
2.982 (B+)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
10.33
Vehicle Theft
0.6020
Burglary
2.037
Arson
0.0770
Total Property Crime
13.05 (A-)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.0646
Drug Crimes
9.166
Vandalism
4.461
Identity Theft
0.4171
Animal Cruelty
0.0824
Total "Other" Rate
14.19 (D+)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

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

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A+
A
A+
A+
A+
A+
A
A-
A+
A+
A+
A+
A-
B+
A
A-
B
A+
A
B+
A+
B
C+
A
B
B
A
A
A+
A

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Payette Heights is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
F
D-
D-
C
C-
C-
C+
A
A
C+
C+
C+
D-
A
A
D-
D-
D-
A+
A+
A+
C-
D+
D+
A+
A+
A+
A+
B+
B+

Considering only the crime rate, Payette Heights is less safe than the Idaho state average and as safe as the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Payette Heights, Payette, ID average SchoolGrade of C+, with 37% actual proficiency versus 41% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Payette Heights schools on SchoolGrade

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