Payson, UT carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 64% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Payson, UT shows violent crime at 127.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 698.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 64% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
127.7/100K violent
698.6/100K property
-64% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Payson, UT
Comparable rate records
Payson's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Utah cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Payson's 127.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Layton (129.7), Price (120.9), West Bountiful (120.1), American Fork/Cedar Hills (119.7). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 87.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 127.7 in 2024 (+45.5%). The highest observed value was 127.7 in 2024 and the lowest 84.5 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Payson sits mid-pack among comparable Utah cities
At 127.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Payson ranks 42 of 77 — above 35 of the 76 other Utah cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -10.0% against the cohort median of 141.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Payson's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Payson's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.2 Census sq mi, Payson logged 13.3 property and 2.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Payson's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 207 offenses; mix index 5,576).
Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+5.6%
120.9 → 127.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+5.7%
660.9 → 698.6/100K
Property offenses lead Payson's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
175
698.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
152
606.8
-
Burglary
13
51.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
39.9
-
Arson
1
4
-
Violent Crime
32
127.7
352
Aggravated Assault
18
71.9
-
Rape
14
55.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Payson Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Payson property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Payson Police Department
Reporting agency for Payson NIBRS-participating
Payson Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Payson's 207 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Utah
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In 2024, Payson reported 32 violent crimes and 175 property crimes, for a total of 207 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Payson?
From 2023 to 2024, Payson's violent crime rate increased by 5.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 5.7%.
What is the most common crime in Payson?
The most common crime type in Payson is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.4% of all reported crimes (152 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Payson figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Payson, UT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.