Kootenai County crime drops nearly 10% as state reports declines

Kootenai County logged 7,079 offenses in 2024, 905 fewer than the year before, a drop of nearly 10% in Idaho State Police’s 2025 crime materials. The county’s decline tracked a broader statewide slide, even as the numbers showed that some of the offenses residents notice most, especially theft and neighborhood crime, remained a live issue.

Idaho’s 2025 Crime in Idaho report counted 72,012 total Group A offenses across the state, down 4.80% from 2023. The statewide Group A offense rate fell to 3,610.53 per 100,000 inhabitants, a 6.60% decrease, while total violent crime offenses came in at 4,603, essentially flat with a 0.04% increase. Crimes against persons totaled 18,009 reported offenses, down 3.43%, with a rate of 852.54 per 100,000.

The local picture is more useful when broken into the categories people actually feel. In Kootenai County’s 2025 Crime in Idaho PDF, the largest counts included 603 simple assaults, 468 larceny and theft offenses, 79 aggravated assaults, 36 rapes and 28 motor vehicle thefts. Those are the numbers that matter most when residents talk about parked cars, apartment lots, storefront security and whether a neighborhood feels safe after dark.

The county also now benchmarks itself more deliberately. Its Crime Comparison page says the chart compares offenses per 100,000 population for NIBRS Group A crimes between Kootenai County and other cities and counties in Idaho and Spokane, Washington. A separate Arrest Comparison page tracks arrests per 100,000 population for NIBRS Group A and Group B crimes, a reminder that raw offense totals are only part of the public-safety picture.

The county’s latest decline also marks a reversal from 2023, when Kootenai County reported 7,844 offenses, a 4.6% increase. That swing matters because the county has seen both directions before. In 2019, crime was said to have fallen 9.6% from the year before, though the county rate of 54.1 incidents per 1,000 people still ran above the state average of 39.6.

Coeur d’Alene offers the clearest city-level context. The Coeur d’Alene Police Department said 637 Part 1 crimes were reported in 2024, down 12% from 2023. Its 2025 report later showed 498 Part 1 crimes, a 23% decrease from the prior year and about 70% down over the past decade. For Kootenai County residents, the practical payoff will be measured less by the headline percentage than by whether theft, vehicle crime and street-level disorder keep moving lower in Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and the rest of North Idaho.