Idaho

What Idaho's records show, how much of the state the FBI's data covers, and where the state publishes its own.

How Idaho handles a case

Sets bail first: Magistrate judge at the initial appearance
Who that is: A judge
Release on a schedule: Jail or police can release on a schedule
Time to see a judge: 24 hours
Money bail: Allowed
Risk assessment: None statewide
Prosecutor: Prosecuting attorney, one per county, elected
Public defense: Statewide public defender
Jails run by: County sheriff

Who decides release first: Before the first court appearance, the jail can accept bail set by the Idaho Supreme Court's misdemeanor bail schedule. The schedule stops controlling once a magistrate judge sees the person or reviews the case, and the magistrate sets release at the initial appearance.
Idaho Misdemeanor Crim. R. 13 Idaho Crim. R. 46
Time to see a judge: An arrested person must be taken before a magistrate without unreasonable delay and within 24 hours, not counting Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
Idaho Crim. R. 5(b)
Money bail: Money bail is allowed. Magistrates may raise, lower, or eliminate bail, and a statewide schedule sets misdemeanor amounts until a judge reviews the case.
Idaho Crim. R. 46 Idaho Misdemeanor Crim. R. 13

Crime and arrests

No figures yet

Reported offenses and arrests per 100,000 people, year by year, and how Idaho compares with the country. They will come from the FBI's state totals.

FBI data coverage

Population covered: 98%; of Idaho's people lived under an agency that reported to the FBI in 2025.
Agencies on NIBRS: 100%; 113 of 113 agencies send incident detail.

Counties and agencies: no data yet

Every agency in Idaho by county, with the year each began sending incident detail to the FBI. They will come from the FBI's agency list and its NIBRS master files.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, pulled 2026-09-26.

State crime reporting

Program: Idaho State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification, Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Incident reporting: Idaho Incident-Based Reporting System (IIBRS)
Annual report: Crime in IdahoLatest edition: 2025. Editions online 1995 to 2025, missing 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006.
Online portal: Crime in Idaho crime data tablesData 2017 to 2025.

Links and years checked 2026-09-26.

Idaho sources

2 sources

Crime in IdahoState · ID
Idaho State Police · Incidents, Arrests · dashboard, pdf · annual
Idaho Incident-Based Reporting System public site with reports and publications; data updated about July 1 each year.
Idaho court data dashboardsState · ID
Idaho Supreme Court · Courts · dashboard · annual
Power BI, county filter: case and charge filings through CY2025.

Plus 83 national sources, from the FBI, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Census Bureau, the courts, and others.