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FBI arson data · 2024

Idaho Arson

118 arson offenses were reported by 155 Idaho law-enforcement agencies in 2024 0.3% of the national total. The most was reported by Boise Police Department (28).

118
arson offenses
155
reporting agencies
39
agencies with ≥1 arson

Idaho agencies with the most reported arson

AgencyTypeCountyArsons
Boise Police DepartmentCityAda County28
Nampa Police DepartmentCityCanyon County7
Meridian Police DepartmentCityAda County6
Ada County Sheriff's OfficeCountyAda County5
Pocatello Police DepartmentCityBannock County5
Kootenai County Sheriff's OfficeCountyKootenai County5
Coeur d'Alene Police DepartmentCityKootenai County5
Idaho Falls Police DepartmentCityBonneville County4
Caldwell Police DepartmentCityCanyon County4
Rexburg Police DepartmentCityMadison County4
Fort Hall TribalTribalBingham County3
Canyon County Sheriff's OfficeCountyCanyon County3
Payette Police DepartmentCityPayette County3
Twin Falls Police DepartmentCityTwin Falls County3
Garden City Police DepartmentCityAda County2
Blaine County Sheriff's OfficeCountyBlaine County2
Hailey Police DepartmentCityBlaine County2
Bonner County Sheriff's OfficeCountyBonner County2
Gooding County Sheriff's OfficeCountyGooding County2
Lewiston Police DepartmentCityNez Perce County2
McCall Police DepartmentCityValley County2
Idaho State PoliceState PoliceAda County2
Montpelier Police DepartmentCityBear Lake County1
Benewah County Sheriff's OfficeCountyBenewah County1
Blackfoot Police DepartmentCityBingham County1

Idaho arson by county

By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.

About this data

  • Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
  • The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
  • Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
  • Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
  • Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.

Idaho arson — FAQ

How many arsons were reported in Idaho in 2024?+

118 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 155 Idaho law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 39 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.

Which agency reported the most arson in Idaho?+

Boise Police Department, with 28 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Ada County).

What share of U.S. arson happens in Idaho?+

Idaho's 118 reported arsons were 0.3% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.

Where does this data come from?+

The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.

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