State crime profile · 2024
Utah Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 77 cities and 23 of 29 counties in Utah (UT), ranked safest to most dangerous from 143 reporting agencies.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 229.2
- Violent / 100K
- 1,435.1
- Property / 100K
- 77
- Cities
- 23
- Counties
Utah violent crime is 229.2 per 100,000, 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Utah records 229.2 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 35% below the national average (about the 13th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.
- 229.2 violent crimes per 100K
- -35% vs. the U.S. average
- 13th safest of 51 states & DC
- 1,435.1 property crimes per 100K
How safe is Utah? FBI UCR data snapshot
Utah (UT) reported 8,030 violent crimes and 50,279 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 143 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 229.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1435.1 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 3,503,613. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 77 Utah cities and 23 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Utah below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 211.8 to 229.2 per 100,000, a rise of 8.2%. City-level detail pages within Utah include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
How Utah ranks nationally
Utah vs. every U.S. state
Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.
229 Safer than 75% among 51 U.S. states
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Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024
Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,503,613 | 8,030 | 229.2 | 50,279 | 1435.1 |
| 2023 | 3,417,734 | 7,967 | 233.1 | 56,214 | 1644.8 |
| 2022 | 3,380,800 | 8,214 | 243 | 64,717 | 1914.3 |
| 2021 | 3,337,975 | 8,270 | 247.8 | 68,258 | 2044.9 |
| 2020 | 3,249,879 | 7,745 | 238.3 | 74,977 | 2307.1 |
| 2019 | 3,205,958 | 7,432 | 231.8 | 68,164 | 2126.2 |
| 2018 | 3,161,105 | 7,390 | 233.8 | 74,168 | 2346.3 |
| 2017 | 3,101,833 | 7,449 | 240.1 | 85,372 | 2752.3 |
| 2016 | 3,051,217 | 7,299 | 239.2 | 89,697 | 2939.7 |
| 2015 | 2,995,919 | 7,027 | 234.6 | 89,371 | 2983.1 |
| 2014 | 2,942,902 | 6,234 | 211.8 | 83,207 | 2827.4 |
Cities in Utah
Safest cities in Utah
Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Lone Peak 29
Lone Peak
29 /100K
- Syracuse
Syracuse
52 /100K
- Farmington
Farmington
61 /100K
- Riverton
Riverton
72 /100K
- Spanish Fork
Spanish Fork
75 /100K
- Cottonwood Heights
Cottonwood Heights
88 /100K
- Lehi
Lehi
88 /100K
- Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs
91 /100K
What this shows Lone Peak is the safest sizeable city in Utah, at 29.2 violent crimes per 100,000.
Highest violent-crime cities in Utah
Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City
864 /100K
- South Salt Lake
South Salt Lake
768 /100K
- Ogden
Ogden
505 /100K
- West Valley
West Valley
470 /100K
- Tooele
Tooele
349 /100K
- Clearfield 317
Clearfield
317 /100K
- West Jordan 294
West Jordan
294 /100K
- Murray 278
Murray
278 /100K
What this shows Salt Lake City reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Utah, at 864.2 per 100,000.
Salt Lake City is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 34 Utah cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.
| City | Population | Violent / 100K | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City | 212,675 | 864.2 | F |
| West Valley | 132,686 | 469.5 | D |
| West Jordan | 114,211 | 294.2 | C |
| Provo | 112,763 | 206.6 | B |
| St. George | 107,595 | 210 | B |
| Lehi | 95,189 | 88.2 | A |
| Orem | 94,571 | 174.5 | B |
| Ogden | 87,258 | 505.4 | D |
| South Jordan | 86,846 | 115.1 | A |
| Layton | 84,017 | 129.7 | A |
| Herriman | 61,387 | 117.3 | A |
| Saratoga Springs | 58,400 | 90.8 | A |
| Logan | 56,083 | 137.3 | A |
| Taylorsville City | 56,047 | 169.5 | B |
| American Fork/Cedar Hills | 50,121 | 119.7 | A |
| Murray | 49,238 | 278.2 | C |
| Draper | 49,166 | 170.8 | B |
| Spanish Fork | 46,536 | 75.2 | A |
| Riverton | 44,711 | 71.6 | A |
| Cedar City | 41,556 | 146.8 | A |
| Tooele | 40,402 | 349 | C |
| Syracuse | 38,714 | 51.7 | A+ |
| Roy | 38,353 | 213.8 | B |
| Pleasant Grove | 37,148 | 204.6 | B |
| Washington | 35,835 | 150.7 | A |
| Springville | 35,521 | 160.5 | A |
| Clearfield | 35,374 | 316.6 | C |
| Kaysville | 32,915 | 97.2 | A |
| Cottonwood Heights | 31,778 | 88.1 | A |
| Lone Peak | 30,812 | 29.2 | A+ |
| Farmington | 26,187 | 61.1 | A |
| South Salt Lake | 25,930 | 767.5 | F |
| Hurricane | 25,362 | 205 | B |
| Payson | 25,051 | 127.7 | A |
| North Salt Lake | 23,720 | 37.9 | A |
| Clinton | 23,630 | 88.9 | A |
| North Ogden | 22,645 | 83.9 | A |
| Santaquin/Genola | 20,580 | 102 | A |
| Bluffdale | 19,714 | 187.7 | A |
| Santa Clara/Ivins | 19,369 | 77.4 | A+ |
| Heber | 19,082 | 214.9 | B |
| North Park | 17,789 | 78.7 | A |
| South Ogden | 17,740 | 146.6 | A |
| Centerville | 16,398 | 79.3 | A |
| Grantsville | 16,216 | 283.7 | B |
| Tremonton Garland | 16,054 | 112.1 | A |
| Smithfield | 15,093 | 53 | A+ |
| Mapleton | 14,584 | 82.3 | A |
| Lindon | 11,819 | 76.1 | A |
| Woods Cross | 11,482 | 113.2 | A |
| Pleasant View | 11,326 | 79.5 | A |
| Salem | 11,213 | 8.9 | A+ |
| Vernal | 10,718 | 279.9 | C |
| Riverdale | 9,088 | 385.1 | D |
| Enoch | 8,644 | 81 | A+ |
| Richfield | 8,306 | 313 | C |
| Price | 8,271 | 120.9 | A |
| Park City | 8,201 | 414.6 | C |
| Roosevelt | 7,370 | 190 | B |
| Nephi | 7,353 | 136 | A |
| Harrisville | 6,725 | 119 | B |
| Ephraim | 6,279 | 0 | A+ |
| Perry | 6,057 | 297.2 | B |
| West Bountiful | 5,828 | 120.1 | A |
| Kanab | 5,433 | 18.4 | A+ |
| Sunset | 5,322 | 375.8 | C |
| Moab | 5,175 | 734.3 | F |
| La Verkin | 4,566 | 21.9 | A |
| Mount Pleasant | 3,942 | 253.7 | B |
| Naples | 2,529 | 118.6 | A |
| Willard | 2,389 | 209.3 | B |
| Helper | 2,126 | 470.4 | C |
| Wellington | 1,634 | 183.6 | A |
| Mantua | 1,377 | 0 | A+ |
| Hildale | 1,270 | 236.2 | B |
| Springdale | 614 | 325.7 | C |
| Brian Head | 160 | 625 | F |
Counties in Utah
23 of 29 Census county-equivalents (79.3%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.
Largest counties in Utah, violent crime per 100K
Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Utah 13
Utah
13 /100K
- Davis 5
Davis
5 /100K
- Weber 30
Weber
30 /100K
- Washington 14
Washington
14 /100K
- Cache 37
Cache
37 /100K
- Tooele
Tooele
105 /100K
- Box Elder 21
Box Elder
21 /100K
- Iron
Iron
42 /100K
Nationwide peers for Utah
Similar violent rate (~229.2/100K)
Similar property rate (~1,435.1/100K)
- Pennsylvania · 1457.1/100K property
- Connecticut · 1396.7/100K property
- New Jersey · 1395.7/100K property
- Michigan · 1395.3/100K property
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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