Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cedar City, UT Crime Grade
How Cedar City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Utah — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Utah
5/10
vs. Utah cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cedar City, UT was 120.4 per 100,000 residents (51 incidents over a population of 42,365). That puts Cedar City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 46% below the Utah statewide rate of 223.7.
That ranks Cedar City #1,340 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 64% of them, and #27 of 56 in Utah. Violent crime is down 18% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Cedar City, UT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Utah Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 120.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,340 of 3,771
- UT rank
- #27 of 56
- Safer than
- 64% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 18%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 42,365
- Reporting agency
- Cedar City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cedar City Police Department (FBI ORI UT0110100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cedar City, UT
Also known as
- Coal Creek
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cedar City (red), Utah (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cedar City vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 130.1(48) | 76.4(30) | 168.2(68) | 146.8(61) | 120.4(51) |
| Murder | 5.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 54.2(20) | 35.7(14) | 42.1(17) | 43.3(18) | 35.4(15) |
| Robbery | 8.1(3) | 5.1(2) | 4.9(2) | 4.8(2) | 4.7(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 62.3(23) | 35.7(14) | 121.2(49) | 96.3(40) | 80.3(34) |
| Property crime | 1105.6(408) | 1331.9(523) | 1511.7(611) | 1029.9(428) | 514.6(218) |
| Burglary | 132.8(49) | 140.1(55) | 175.7(71) | 105.9(44) | 51.9(22) |
| Larceny | 899.7(332) | 1074.7(422) | 1249.4(505) | 839.8(349) | 427.2(181) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 67.7(25) | 109.5(43) | 84.1(34) | 84.2(35) | 33.0(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cedar City, UT Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Cedar City Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Cedar City calculated?
- Cedar City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Utah state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Utah cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Cedar City Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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