Mountain Home, ID Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mountain Home, ID Summary

Crime in Mountain Home research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mountain Home over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mountain Home:

  • There were 123 total crimes committed in Mountain Home in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 726.6 total crimes per 100K people in Mountain Home.
  • The overall crime rate in Mountain Home is -65.71% below the national average.
  • Mountain Home ranks #25 safest out of 58 cities in Idaho.
  • Mountain Home ranks #3,281 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Mountain Home Vs Idaho And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mountain Home is 726.6 per 100,000 people. That's -65.71% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -24.84% lower than the Idaho total crime rate of 966.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mountain Home
/ 100k People
Idaho
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 123 726.6 966.9 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.9 1.6 5.0
Robbery 2 11.8 7.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 23 135.9 177.3 256.0
Violent Crime 34 200.9 230.6 359.0
Burglary 12 70.9 116.2 229.0
Larceny 74 437.2 552.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 3 17.7 67.4 259.0
Property Crime 89 525.8 736.3 1,760.0

Mountain Home Crime Compared To Idaho Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Idaho.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Mountain Home

34
Violent Crimes
200.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-44.05%
Below The National Average
  • There were 34 violent crimes in Mountain Home in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mountain Home is 200.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 497.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mountain Home each year. That compares to a 1 in 433.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -44.05% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -12.90% lower than the Idaho violent crime rate of 230.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mountain Home

89
Property Crimes
525.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-70.13%
Below The National Average
  • There were 89 property crimes in Mountain Home in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mountain Home is 525.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 190.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mountain Home each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -70.13% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -28.59% lower than the Idaho property crime rate of 736.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mountain Home

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Meridian, ID 140,353 1,008 718.2 571.4 146.8

Mountain Home SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
5
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9
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