Richfield, UT carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 11% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Richfield, UT shows violent crime at 313 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,878.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 11% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
313/100K violent
1878.2/100K property
-11% vs U.S.
The verdict
Richfield earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 11% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-11%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
28th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,878.2
property crimes per 100K
Based on 26 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,306. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Richfield, UT
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 50.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 313.0 in 2024 (+520.2%). The highest observed value was 313.0 in 2024 and the lowest 50.5 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Richfield reported 26 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,306. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Richfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Utah cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Richfield's 313.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Clearfield (316.6), Springdale (325.7), Perry (297.2), West Jordan (294.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Richfield reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Utah cities
At 313.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Richfield ranks 14 of 77 — above 63 of the 76 other Utah cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +129.1% against the cohort median of 136.6. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 89.7% of reported property offenses in Richfield, against a cohort median of 81.5%. The remainder is burglary (12) and motor vehicle theft (4). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Richfield'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.
Based on 26 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,306. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-28.2%
2616.8 → 1878.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+16.9%
267.8 → 313/100K
Property offenses lead Richfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs UT
Property Crime
156
1878.2
1435.1
Larceny-Theft
140
1685.5
-
Burglary
12
144.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
48.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
26
313
229.2
Aggravated Assault
16
192.6
-
Rape
10
120.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Richfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Richfield property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,878.2/100K↓28.2%vs 2023
Richfield violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
313/100K↑16.9%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
7,925
50.5
2447.9
198
2021
Comparable
7,947
163.6
2906.8
244
2022
Comparable
8,379
179
3055.3
271
2023
Comparable
8,216
267.8
2616.8
237
2024
Comparable
8,306
313
1878.2
182
How Richfield sits among UT peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Richfield Police Department NIBRS-participating
Richfield's crime figures on this page originate from Richfield Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Utah cities closest to Richfield in population. Their populations run from 6,279 to 9,088, against 8,306 here. Or use our
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These Utah cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Richfield's 313/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Richfield has a violent crime rate of 313 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1878.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Richfield, UT safe? ▼
Richfield receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 52/100. The violent crime rate is 11% below the national average and 37% above the Utah average.
What is the population of Richfield, UT? ▼
The reporting population for Richfield is 8,306 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Richfield? ▼
In 2024, Richfield reported 26 violent crimes and 156 property crimes, for a total of 182 reported offenses.
How do Richfield's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Richfield recorded about one reported offense per 46 residents and one reported violent offense per 319 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Richfield? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Richfield's violent crime rate increased by 16.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 28.2%.
What is the most common crime in Richfield? ▼
The most common crime type in Richfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.9% of all reported crimes (140 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Richfield is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Richfield, UT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.