South Jordan, UT has a A safety grade (81/100) with a violent crime rate of 115 per 100,000, 67% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
South Jordan, UT Crime Rate & Safety
At 86,846 residents, South Jordan is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against UT and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
South Jordan, UT carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 67% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, South Jordan, UT shows violent crime at 115.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 867.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 67% 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
115.1/100K violent
867.1/100K property
-67% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for South Jordan, UT
Comparable rate records
South Jordan's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Utah cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to South Jordan's 115.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Woods Cross (113.2), Herriman (117.3), Tremonton Garland (112.1), Naples (118.6). 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
South Jordan sits mid-pack among comparable Utah cities
At 115.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, South Jordan ranks 49 of 77 — above 28 of the 76 other Utah cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -18.9% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 131.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 115.1 in 2024 (-12.2%). The highest observed value was 131.1 in 2020 and the lowest 70.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate South Jordan'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
South Jordan's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 25.8 Census sq mi, South Jordan logged 29.2 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
South Jordan's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 853 offenses; mix index 5,926).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (25.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+30.9%
87.9 → 115.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-22.8%
1123.3 → 867.1/100K
Property offenses lead South Jordan's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
753
867.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
649
747.3
-
Burglary
55
63.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
49
56.4
-
Arson
1
1.2
-
Violent Crime
100
115.1
352
Aggravated Assault
60
69.1
-
Rape
28
32.2
-
Robbery
12
13.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
South Jordan Crime Trend (2020-2024)
South Jordan 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
South Jordan Police Department
Reporting agency for South Jordan NIBRS-participating
South Jordan Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind South Jordan's 853 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, South Jordan reported 100 violent crimes and 753 property crimes, for a total of 853 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in South Jordan?
From 2023 to 2024, South Jordan's violent crime rate increased by 30.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.8%.
What is the most common crime in South Jordan?
The most common crime type in South Jordan is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.1% of all reported crimes (649 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: South Jordan's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 South Jordan, UT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.