Crime Grade · Utah

Safest Cities in Utah

56 reporting Utah cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 122.1 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Salem	11,213	8.9	A1/10
2	Kaysville	33,306	27.0	A1/10
3	Lone Peak	32,232	31.0	A1/10
4	Smithfield	15,373	39.0	A1/10
5	Pleasant View	11,401	43.9	A1/10
6	Farmington	26,581	45.1	A1/10
7	North Ogden	23,398	51.3	A1/10
8	Clinton	23,795	58.8	A1/10
9	Riverton	47,038	59.5	A1/10
10	Santa Clara/Ivins	20,598	63.1	A1/10
11	Herriman	63,991	64.1	A1/10
12	Saratoga Springs	63,550	67.7	A1/10
13	Mapleton	15,793	69.7	A1/10
14	Cottonwood Heights	32,173	71.5	A1/10
15	Spanish Fork	46,536	75.2	A1/10
16	North Park	17,821	78.6	A1/10
17	Syracuse	40,855	80.8	A1/10
18	Centerville	16,481	84.9	A1/10
19	North Salt Lake	23,721	88.5	A1/10
20	Santaquin/Genola	21,416	107.4	A1/10
21	South Jordan	88,346	108.7	A1/10
22	Lehi	98,138	109.0	A1/10
23	Washington	37,464	109.4	A1/10
24	Bountiful	45,098	110.9	A1/10
25	Pleasant Grove	38,228	117.7	A1/10
26	American Fork/Cedar Hills	53,400	118.0	A1/10
27	Cedar City	42,365	120.4	A2/10
28	Payson	25,583	121.2	A2/10
29	Brigham City	20,482	122.1	A2/10
30	Layton	84,936	133.0	A2/10
31	Orem	96,209	133.0	A2/10
32	Springville	36,202	135.4	A2/10
33	Lindon	12,156	139.8	A2/10
34	Tremonton Garland	16,291	147.3	A2/10
35	Roy	38,569	160.8	A2/10
36	Murray	50,895	165.0	A2/10
37	Hurricane	26,044	172.8	A2/10
38	Provo	115,576	173.9	A2/10
39	Logan	57,792	176.5	A2/10
40	Clearfield	35,540	180.1	A3/10
41	Draper	49,977	182.1	A3/10
42	St. George	109,020	185.3	A3/10
43	Taylorsville City	57,198	185.3	A3/10
44	Bluffdale	19,947	185.5	A3/10
45	Sandy	90,341	203.7	A3/10
46	Heber	19,582	224.7	A3/10
47	Woods Cross	11,497	243.5	A3/10
48	South Ogden	17,814	263.8	B4/10
49	Grantsville	16,520	302.7	B4/10
50	West Jordan	116,603	310.5	B4/10
51	Tooele	42,241	381.1	B5/10
52	West Valley	137,688	383.5	B5/10
53	Vernal	10,857	414.5	B5/10
54	Ogden	89,001	444.9	B5/10
55	South Salt Lake	26,527	708.7	C7/10
56	Salt Lake City	222,304	856.5	D8/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.