What is the crime rate in Wendell, ID?

In 2025, the Wendell Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 18 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 458 violent and 588 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,059 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: 458
Property per 100,000: 588
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 18

Crime reported by the Wendell 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	6	203	9	305	2,953
2024	8	263	15	494	3,039
2025	14	458	18	588	3,059

Violent crimes reported went from 6 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 9 in 2023 to 18 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.

Wendell against Idaho and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wendell	458	588
Gooding County	276	571
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 Wendell, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wendell	—	458	588
Jerome	10 mi	356	421
Gooding	11 mi	338	649
Buhl	13 mi	166	520
Filer	15 mi	225	290
Twin Falls	19 mi	361	1,028
Kimberly	24 mi	85	393
Heyburn	50 mi	133	771
Bellevue	53 mi	0	387

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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