Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
West Valley, UT Crime Grade
How West Valley 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Utah
10/10
vs. Utah cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in West Valley, UT was 383.5 per 100,000 residents (528 incidents over a population of 137,688). That puts West Valley Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 71% above the Utah statewide rate of 223.7.
That ranks West Valley #2,973 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #52 of 56 in Utah. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
West Valley, UT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Utah Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 383.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,973 of 3,771
- UT rank
- #52 of 56
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 137,688
- Reporting agency
- West Valley Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by West Valley Police Department (FBI ORI UT0182500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About West Valley, UT
Also known as
- Granger-Hunter
Location
National Atlas page number and map key is :33, C 14
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. West Valley (red), Utah (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West Valley 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 | 543.4(730) | 442.0(610) | 449.6(607) | 472.5(627) | 383.5(528) |
| Murder | 3.7(5) | 8.0(11) | 4.4(6) | 6.8(9) | 5.1(7) |
| Rape | 68.5(92) | 61.6(85) | 68.1(92) | 75.4(100) | 67.5(93) |
| Robbery | 63.3(85) | 70.3(97) | 60.0(81) | 66.3(88) | 55.9(77) |
| Aggravated assault | 408.0(548) | 302.1(417) | 317.0(428) | 324.1(430) | 254.9(351) |
| Property crime | 3105.1(4,171) | 2878.6(3,973) | 2164.8(2,923) | 1854.8(2,461) | 1645.0(2,265) |
| Burglary | 399.0(536) | 302.1(417) | 219.2(296) | 196.0(260) | 155.4(214) |
| Larceny | 2126.9(2,857) | 2106.9(2,908) | 1594.5(2,153) | 1415.4(1,878) | 1261.5(1,737) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 571.7(768) | 457.9(632) | 344.4(465) | 238.9(317) | 217.9(300) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the West Valley, 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 West Valley 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 West Valley calculated?
- West Valley'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 West Valley 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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