Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Spanish Fork, UT Crime Grade
How Spanish Fork 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Spanish Fork, UT was 75.2 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 46,536). That puts Spanish Fork Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 69% below the Utah statewide rate of 239.0.
That ranks Spanish Fork #842 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 78% of them, and #15 of 56 in Utah. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Spanish Fork, UT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Utah Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 75.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #842 of 3,771
- UT rank
- #15 of 56
- Safer than
- 78% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 46,536
- Reporting agency
- Spanish Fork Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Spanish Fork Police Department (FBI ORI UT0250700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Spanish Fork (red), Utah (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Spanish Fork 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 | 74.5(31) | 64.4(27) | 88.9(40) | 80.3(36) | 75.2(35) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.4(2) | 4.5(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 31.2(13) | 38.2(16) | 44.4(20) | 31.2(14) | 36.5(17) |
| Robbery | 9.6(4) | 2.4(1) | 8.9(4) | 8.9(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 33.6(14) | 23.8(10) | 31.1(14) | 35.7(16) | 38.7(18) |
| Property crime | 1141.7(475) | 1039.8(436) | 1004.3(452) | 901.7(404) | 713.4(332) |
| Burglary | 72.1(30) | 83.5(35) | 44.4(20) | 60.3(27) | 53.7(25) |
| Larceny | 1014.3(422) | 865.7(363) | 875.5(394) | 796.8(357) | 621.0(289) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 43.3(18) | 90.6(38) | 82.2(37) | 44.6(20) | 34.4(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Spanish Fork, 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 Spanish Fork 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 Spanish Fork calculated?
- Spanish Fork'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 Spanish Fork 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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