Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cottonwood Heights, UT Crime Grade
How Cottonwood Heights 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Utah
3/10
vs. Utah cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cottonwood Heights, UT was 71.5 per 100,000 residents (23 incidents over a population of 32,173). That puts Cottonwood Heights Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 68% below the Utah statewide rate of 223.7.
That ranks Cottonwood Heights #793 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 79% of them, and #14 of 56 in Utah. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and down 49% over the last five years.
Cottonwood Heights, UT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Utah Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 71.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #793 of 3,771
- UT rank
- #14 of 56
- Safer than
- 79% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- down 49%
- Population
- 32,173
- Reporting agency
- Cottonwood Heights Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cottonwood Heights Police Department (FBI ORI UT0184200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cottonwood Heights, UT
Also known as
- Butlerville
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. Cottonwood Heights (red), Utah (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cottonwood Heights 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 | 141.1(47) | 111.8(36) | 56.4(18) | 88.1(28) | 71.5(23) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 30.0(10) | 21.7(7) | 18.8(6) | 18.9(6) | 28.0(9) |
| Robbery | 24.0(8) | 15.5(5) | 6.3(2) | 28.3(9) | 3.1(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 87.1(29) | 74.6(24) | 31.4(10) | 37.8(12) | 40.4(13) |
| Property crime | 2282.2(760) | 1947.7(627) | 1796.7(573) | 1620.6(515) | 1541.7(496) |
| Burglary | 198.2(66) | 177.1(57) | 206.9(66) | 125.9(40) | 83.9(27) |
| Larceny | 1837.8(612) | 1599.8(515) | 1470.6(469) | 1365.7(434) | 1355.2(436) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 237.2(79) | 170.9(55) | 119.2(38) | 125.9(40) | 102.6(33) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cottonwood Heights, 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 Cottonwood Heights 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 Cottonwood Heights calculated?
- Cottonwood Heights'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 Cottonwood Heights 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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