Sandpoint, ID Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sandpoint, ID Summary

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

  • There were 106 total crimes committed in Sandpoint the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,124.2 total crimes per 100K people in Sandpoint.
  • The overall crime rate in Sandpoint is -51.63% below the national average.
  • Sandpoint ranks #30 safest out of 61 cities in Idaho.
  • Sandpoint ranks #4,150 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Sandpoint Vs Idaho And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sandpoint is 1,124.2 per 100,000 people. That's -51.63% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -17.00% lower than the Idaho total crime rate of 1,354.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sandpoint
/ 100k People
Idaho
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 106 1,124.2 1,354.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 10.6 2.2 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 9.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 63.6 185.3 268.2
Violent Crime 7 74.2 242.6 369.8
Burglary 27 286.4 204.2 269.8
Larceny 63 668.2 810.9 1,401.9
Car Theft 9 95.5 96.7 282.7
Property Crime 99 1,050.0 1,111.9 1,954.4

Sandpoint Crime Compared To Idaho Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Idaho.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Sandpoint

7
Violent Crimes
74.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-79.92%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Sandpoint in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sandpoint is 74.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,347.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sandpoint each year. That compares to a 1 in 412.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -79.92% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -69.40% lower than the Idaho violent crime rate of 242.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sandpoint

99
Property Crimes
1,050.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-46.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 99 property crimes in Sandpoint in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sandpoint is 1,050.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 95.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sandpoint each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -46.28% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -5.57% lower than the Idaho property crime rate of 1,111.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sandpoint

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Coeur d'Alene, ID 57,061 756 1,324.9 1,016.5 308.4
Post Falls, ID 46,306 575 1,241.7 1,047.4 194.4
Liberty Lake, WA 12,897 272 2,109.0 1,907.4 201.6
Rathdrum, ID 8,968 70 780.6 691.3 89.2
Libby, MT 3,055 48 1,571.2 1,211.1 360.1
Newport, WA 2,182 41 1,879.0 1,695.7 183.3
Priest River, ID 1,810 15 828.7 663.0 165.7
Ponderay, ID 1,653 23 1,391.4 1,391.4 0.0

Sandpoint SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
4
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
7
Commute
9.5
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