What is the crime rate in Meridian, ID?

In 2025, the Meridian Police Department reported 200 violent crimes and 593 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 138 violent and 408 property crimes per 100,000 of the 145,320 residents it serves.

Across Idaho the rates were 222 and 625.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 138
Property per 100,000: 408
Violent crimes: 200
Property crimes: 593

Crime reported by the Meridian Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	230	170	683	505	135,239
2024	211	150	819	584	140,353
2025	200	138	593	408	145,320

Violent crimes reported went from 230 in 2023 to 200 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 683 in 2023 to 593 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Meridian against Idaho and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Meridian	138	408
Ada County	217	597
Idaho	222	625
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Meridian, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Meridian	—	138	408
Garden City	6.6 mi	557	1,076
Nampa	8.3 mi	310	675
Boise City	8.6 mi	290	852
Middleton	13 mi	162	567
Caldwell	13 mi	482	683
Emmett	18 mi	330	330
Wilder	26 mi	682	398
Parma	30 mi	405	540

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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