The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pocatello, ID
Pocatello is the sixth-largest city in Idaho, with 60,900 residents in Bannock County · Updated November 2026
Is Pocatello, ID safe?
Yes, crime in Pocatello is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Pocatello sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pocatello run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 851 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pocatello as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pocatello scores 851.
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 Pocatello, ID at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pocatello, 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 Pocatello
Aggravated assault stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Pocatello has 2.8.
Car thefts are uncommon. Pocatello has car thefts at about half the US rate: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Pocatello
Every part of Pocatello where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Pocatello run from A+ to B-; 53% 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.
Within Pocatello, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Pocatello?
Reported crime in Pocatello has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 17% and property crime down 32%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.1 to 3.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 16 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PocatelloUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pocatello. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pocatello
Violent, US
Property, Pocatello
Property, US
2016
-9%
+4%
+26%
+15%
2017
+9%
+4%
+25%
+12%
2018
-7%
+0%
+19%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-7%
+4%
-5%
-8%
2021
-18%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
+6%
+5%
-37%
-6%
2023
-10%
+2%
-40%
-7%
2024
-17%
-4%
-32%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pocatello
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pocatello has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 69% 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 Pocatello is assault, about 43% 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.
The Pocatello Police Department's 2024 count of vandalism fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Pocatello
Pocatello has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pocatello, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 42% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Pocatello compares with nearby cities
Of the 3 cities closest to Pocatello, 2 have less crime. Inkom and Fort Hall have the least.
Transit, parking lots and walkability in Pocatello
Pocatello looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
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 Pocatello: D- (9 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% of US city residents
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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.83% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 68% 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.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.45 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 54% 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 Pocatello
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pocatello about $920 a year per household, 24% 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 $55 million a year, or $902 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$980,000
$16
Rape
$1.3 million
$22
Robbery
$260,000
$4
Assault
$10 million
$166
Burglary
$1.3 million
$22
Theft
$3.5 million
$58
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$22
Arson
$120,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.8 million
$29
Total
$21 million
$341
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 Pocatello 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 Pocatello, ID average a SchoolGrade of C+: 44% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Pocatello on SchoolGrade
