Crime rate drops in Boundary County
July 9, 2011
The Idaho State Police recently released its 2010 Crime Report, which shows a significant drop in crime in Boundary County last year from the year before, particularly within the City of Bonners Ferry, and the lowest crime rate for both offenses and arrests for the past five years.

Overall, the total number of criminal offenses in Boundary County dropped 14.2 percent in 2010 compared to the year before, with a total of 290 offenses reported. Of those, 173, or 59.7-percent were cleared. Arrests county wide were also down, with 339 made in 2010, a 10.3-percent drop over 2009.

In Bonners Ferry, there were a total of 97 listed offenses, a 26-percent drop from the year before, and 201 arrests, down 5.6-percent from 2009. 193 listed offenses were reported in the county last year, down 6.8-percent from 2009, with 138 arrests, down 16.4-percent from 2009.

In 2010, larceny was the highest reported crime in Boundary County, with 66 thefts reported. Of those, only eight were cleared. There were 53 simple assaults, 49 cleared, 45 reports of drugs or narcotics, all cleared, and 28 reports of drug equipment and paraphernalia, also with a 100-percent clearance rate. There were 27 reports of vandalism, six of them cleared, and 35 burglaries, seven cleared.

There was one reported case of forcible rape, which was cleared with no arrest, eight aggravated assaults, with seven cleared and five arrests, one of them a juvenile, seven reports of vehicle theft, with two cases cleared and one juvenile arrested, seven reports of intimidation, all cleared with five arrests, two cases of counterfeiting/forgery, both cleared with two arrests, four cases of fraud, all cleared with two arrests, two cases of forcible fondling, both cleared with no arrests, and one report each of statutory rape, stolen property and weapons violations, all cleared with two arrests.

Last year, there were 89 adults and one juvenile arrested in Boundary County for DUI, six adults for disorderly conduct, three adults for passing bad checks, five adults and one juvenile for liquor law violations, 10 juveniles runaways, one adult for public drunkeness and one adult for non-violent family offenses.

Over a five year period, 2006 had the highest level of reported offenses, with 385, as well as the highest number of arrests, 503, compared to 339 for 2010.