ISAC Publishes Annual Update to Idaho Crime Victim Services Dashboard

The Idaho Statistical Analysis Center (ISAC) is pleased to announce the release of the annual update to the Idaho Crime Victim Services Dashboard, which includes new data on the availability of victim services in Idaho.

A collaboration between ISAC and the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance (ICDVVA), the Idaho Crime Victim Services Dashboard compiles, analyzes, and visualizes multiple sources of data that focus on the experience of crime victims in Idaho’s justice system. It is intended to be a resource for state and local policymakers, victim service agencies and program managers, and the general public to better understand the full scope of crime and victimization in the state. The dashboard currently includes data on community demographics, crime victims who reported their victimization to law enforcement, and crime victims served by a federally funded victim service program in Idaho. The dashboard also includes data on the total number of victim service agencies in Idaho, as well as the number of agencies providing any of 11 types of victim services.

Some highlights from this year’s update:

• The number of victims served by federally funded victim service programs increased 31% from 2023 (39,573 victims served) to 2023 (51,987). This marks the first time the number of victims served increased compared to the previous year since 2021 and is the highest number of victims served since 2022 (52,976). The increase comes as federal pass-through funding awarded to these programs dropped for the third straight year, decreasing 13% from $13.2 million in 2023 to $11.4 million in 2024, and down 29% from a high of $16 million in 2021.
• The rate of victims served by federally funded victim service programs in 2024 was much higher than the rate of victims known to law enforcement. In 2024, the rate of sexual assault victims who received federally funded victim services (4.1 victims served per 1,000 residents) was more than 4 times higher than the rate of those known to law enforcement (1.0). For intimate partner violence victims, that rate was 5.4 times higher (16.3 victims served per 1,000 residents, compared to 3.0 known to law enforcement).
• For human trafficking victims, the rate of victims served was 51 times higher than the rate known to law enforcement (0.3402 victims served per 1,000 residents, compared to 0.0067 known to law enforcement). 658 human trafficking victims were served by a federally funded victim service program in 2024, but only 13 were identified in law enforcement data.
• Based on regional need scores calculated by ISAC, southern and western Idaho ranked as the areas of the state with the highest overall need for victim service programs based on community demographics and reported crimes. Public Health District (PHD) 5, which is made up of eight counties in south-central Idaho and includes Twin Falls County, had the highest overall need score of the seven PHDs in 2024, and had the highest need scores in three of six categories (Child Victims, Domestic/Family Violence, Sexual Assault). In 2024, PHD 5 ranked 5th in grant funding for direct victim services distributed to the district.
• Gooding County had the highest need score among Idaho’s 44 counties in 2024. Gooding County was one of 20 counties that did not have a federally funded victim service program headquartered within the county’s borders in 2024, which partially contributed to the county’s high need score. Additionally, Gooding County had the highest need score in the Child Victims category, and the third-highest need score in the Domestic/Family Violence and Underserved Populations categories.
• Canyon County had the highest need score in the Other Crimes category (which includes human trafficking) in 2024 and had the 2^nd highest overall need score. Canyon County ranked 2^nd in grant funding received in 2024.

Explore more data on victimization and victim services on the Dashboard at https://isp.idaho.gov/pgr/icvs-dashboard/ The Idaho Statistical Analysis Center (ISAC) is located within the Pass-Through Grants & Research Department of the Idaho State Police. The mission of ISAC is to disseminate research, data and statistics related to crime, illegal drugs, victim services, and the administration of justice in Idaho. To learn more about ISAC, or to access other data dashboards and publications, visit our website at https://isp.idaho.gov/pgr/isac/.

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