ISAC Releases 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. This year’s update also includes new 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 fell 25% from 2022 (52,976 victims served) to 2023 (39,573). The number of victims served has fallen two straight years after rising 88% between 2017 and 2021 (from 29,503 to 55,557). Similarly, the amount of federal funding awarded to these programs in 2023 fell 6% (from $13.9 million in 2022 to $13.2 million in 2023), after rising 87% between 2017 and 2021 (from $8.5 million to $16 million).
  
• The rate of victims served by federally funded victim service programs in 2023 was much higher than the rate of victims who reported the crime to law enforcement. In 2023, the rate of sexual assault victims who received federally funded victim services (3.8 victims served per 1,000 residents) was 3.8 times higher than the rate of those who reported to law enforcement (1.0). For intimate partner violence victims, that rate was 4.0 times higher (12.0 victims served per 1,000 residents, compared to 3.0 reported to law enforcement).
  
• 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 2023, and had the highest need scores in three of six categories (Child Victims, Domestic/Family Violence, Sexual Assault). In 2023, PHD 5 ranked 5th in grant funding for direct victim services distributed to the district.
  
• Valley County had the highest need score among Idaho’s 44 counties in 2023. Valley County was one of 21 counties that did not have a federally funded victim service program headquartered within the county’s borders in 2023, which partially contributed to the county’s high need score. Additionally, Valley County had the highest need score in the Child Victims and Other Crime categories, and the second-highest need score in the Sexual Assault category.
  
• Bonneville County had the highest need score in the Domestic/Family Violence category in 2023 and had the 2^nd highest overall need score. Bonneville County ranked 7^th in grant funding received in 2023.

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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