Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
South Salt Lake, UT Crime Grade
How South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake, UT was 708.7 per 100,000 residents (188 incidents over a population of 26,527). That puts South Salt Lake Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 217% above the Utah statewide rate of 223.7.
That ranks South Salt Lake #3,528 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #55 of 56 in Utah. Violent crime is down 8% year over year and down 31% over the last five years.
South Salt Lake, UT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Utah Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 708.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,528 of 3,771
- UT rank
- #55 of 56
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 8%
- 5-year change
- down 31%
- Population
- 26,527
- Reporting agency
- South Salt Lake Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by South Salt Lake Police Department (FBI ORI UT0180400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About South Salt Lake, UT
Also known as
- Centrral Park
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. South Salt Lake (red), Utah (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
South Salt Lake 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 | 1026.7(261) | 614.9(160) | 643.1(165) | 771.3(200) | 708.7(188) |
| Murder | 11.8(3) | 3.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) | 7.5(2) |
| Rape | 173.1(44) | 107.6(28) | 148.1(38) | 162.0(42) | 184.7(49) |
| Robbery | 212.4(54) | 153.7(40) | 113.0(29) | 150.4(39) | 90.5(24) |
| Aggravated assault | 629.4(160) | 349.7(91) | 381.9(98) | 455.1(118) | 426.0(113) |
| Property crime | 7627.3(1,939) | 5491.7(1,429) | 5511.0(1,414) | 5881.2(1,525) | 4293.7(1,139) |
| Burglary | 574.3(146) | 645.6(168) | 647.0(166) | 624.8(162) | 395.8(105) |
| Larceny | 5345.8(1,359) | 3912.2(1,018) | 4263.8(1,094) | 4666.4(1,210) | 3411.6(905) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1695.4(431) | 926.2(241) | 588.5(151) | 586.2(152) | 459.9(122) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the South Salt Lake, 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 South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake calculated?
- South Salt Lake'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 South Salt Lake 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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