The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pend Oreille County, WA
Pend Oreille County is home to 14,000 residents and includes Newport and Ione · Updated November 2026
Is Pend Oreille County, WA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Pend Oreille County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 967 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
92% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pend Oreille County as a whole, and 8% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pend Oreille County scores 967.
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 Pend Oreille County, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pend Oreille County, 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 Pend Oreille County
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Pend Oreille County, 65% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Pend Oreille County
Every part of Pend Oreille County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Pend Oreille County run from A+ to A-; 87% 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.
Across the county, the east side has the least crime and the Newport area the most.
Is crime going up in Pend Oreille County?
Reported property crime in Pend Oreille County has fallen 19% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 27 to 21 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 25%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Pend Oreille CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Pend Oreille County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Pend Oreille County
Property, US
2016
-4%
+15%
2017
+20%
+12%
2018
-13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+11%
-8%
2021
+73%
-10%
2022
+20%
-6%
2023
+8%
-7%
2024
-19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pend Oreille County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pend Oreille County has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and 29% less than Washington.
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 Pend Oreille County, about 33% of everything reported.
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 Pend Oreille County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Pend Oreille County, 2022 to 2024.
In Pend Oreille County, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (65%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Pend Oreille County compares with nearby counties
Of the 10 counties closest to Pend Oreille County, 8 have less crime. Shoshone County, ID and Ferry County have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pend Oreille County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Pend Oreille County is safer than 55% of them.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Pend Oreille County
Two things set Pend Oreille County apart: it has 5.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 16% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% 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.5.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 99% of Americans
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.16% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 98% of Americans
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. 95% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (4 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 98% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 98% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.10.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of Americans
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 Pend Oreille County
Crime costs Pend Oreille County about $950 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 21% 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 $17 million a year, or $1,236 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$107
Rape
$220,000
$16
Robbery
$45,000
$3
Assault
$1.4 million
$98
Burglary
$490,000
$35
Theft
$710,000
$50
Vehicle theft
$390,000
$28
Arson
$71,000
$5
Vandalism
$550,000
$39
Total
$5.3 million
$380
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 Pend Oreille County 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. Pend Oreille County is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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 Pend Oreille County, WA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 42% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Pend Oreille County on SchoolGrade
