Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Salt Lake City, UT Crime Grade
How Salt Lake 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Utah
10/10
vs. Utah cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Salt Lake City, UT was 856.5 per 100,000 residents (1,904 incidents over a population of 222,304). That puts Salt Lake City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 283% above the Utah statewide rate of 223.7.
That ranks Salt Lake City #3,628 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #56 of 56 in Utah. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and down 12% over the last five years.
Salt Lake City, UT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Utah Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 856.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,628 of 3,771
- UT rank
- #56 of 56
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- down 12%
- Population
- 222,304
- Reporting agency
- Salt Lake City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Salt Lake City Police Department (FBI ORI UT0180300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Salt Lake City, UT
Also known as
- Solt Lejk Siti
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. Salt Lake City (red), Utah (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salt Lake 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 | 974.6(2,007) | 994.7(2,003) | 882.5(1,824) | 877.9(1,867) | 856.5(1,904) |
| Murder | 7.3(15) | 7.0(14) | 7.7(16) | 5.2(11) | 3.1(7) |
| Rape | 158.3(326) | 197.6(398) | 173.7(359) | 165.5(352) | 202.0(449) |
| Robbery | 216.1(445) | 205.1(413) | 177.1(366) | 183.4(390) | 161.9(360) |
| Aggravated assault | 592.9(1,221) | 585.0(1,178) | 524.0(1,083) | 523.8(1,114) | 489.4(1,088) |
| Property crime | 6879.6(14,167) | 6473.1(13,035) | 5702.2(11,786) | 5256.4(11,179) | 4752.5(10,565) |
| Burglary | 795.4(1,638) | 655.5(1,320) | 558.3(1,154) | 555.8(1,182) | 468.7(1,042) |
| Larceny | 5027.9(10,354) | 4923.7(9,915) | 4524.6(9,352) | 4210.2(8,954) | 3906.4(8,684) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1025.1(2,111) | 861.6(1,735) | 586.4(1,212) | 468.3(996) | 352.2(783) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake City calculated?
- Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake 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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