Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Salem, UT Crime Grade
How Salem 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Utah
1/10
vs. Utah cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Salem, UT was 8.9 per 100,000 residents (1 incidents over a population of 11,213). That puts Salem 98% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 96% below the Utah statewide rate of 239.0.
That ranks Salem #57 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 99% of them, and #1 of 56 in Utah. Violent crime is down 67% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Salem, UT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Utah Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 8.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #57 of 3,771
- UT rank
- #1 of 56
- Safer than
- 99% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 67%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 11,213
- Reporting agency
- Salem Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Salem Police Department (FBI ORI UT0251000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Salem, UT
Also known as
- Pond Town
- Summer Spring
- Pondtown
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. Salem (red), Utah (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salem vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 11.2(1) | 43.7(4) | 19.4(2) | 27.4(3) | 8.9(1) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 21.9(2) | 9.7(1) | 9.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 11.2(1) | 21.9(2) | 9.7(1) | 18.3(2) | 8.9(1) |
| Property crime | 561.7(50) | 448.0(41) | 446.3(46) | 721.5(79) | 303.2(34) |
| Burglary | 44.9(4) | 54.6(5) | 38.8(4) | 328.8(36) | 8.9(1) |
| Larceny | 460.6(41) | 382.5(35) | 368.6(38) | 374.5(41) | 285.4(32) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 56.2(5) | 10.9(1) | 38.8(4) | 18.3(2) | 8.9(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Salem, 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 Salem 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 Salem calculated?
- Salem'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 Salem 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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