Cedar City Railroad Depot · Photo: JunesongPRVSN · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Cedar City fell 62% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Cedar City grades B for safety (#25 of 62 graded towns in Utah): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of UT” is every other Utah city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Cedar City
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Utah towns on Cedar City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Enoch (A). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Cedar City is home to Southern Utah University, with 9,702 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 16% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cedar City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Utah.
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| Year | Cedar City property | Rest of Utah property | Cedar City violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.2 | 20.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 15.0 | 18.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 10.1 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 14.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Cedar City’s police reported 181 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Utah and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Cedar City | Rest of Utah | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
271 crimes reported in 2025
53 violent and 218 property, as reported to the FBI by Cedar City’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Cedar City’s roads in 2019–2023
Cedar City had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Utah towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (3.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Cedar City’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cedar City’s own rate (3.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Cedar City and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar City | B | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Enoch | A | 0.8 | 2.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Utah towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar City | B | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Syracuse | A− | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| Pleasant Grove | B | 1.6 | 7.4 |
| Washington | B | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| Roy | B | 1.9 | 8.6 |
| Tooele | C | 3.7 | 15.8 |
The five graded Utah towns closest to Cedar City’s population (41,871), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Cedar City. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Cedar City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (42,365 in 2025); our figure for Cedar City is 41,871 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Cedar City
Is Cedar City, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cedar City reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #25 of 62 in Utah. Its police reported 1.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Utah and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Cedar City?
1.5 violent and 10.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Utah reports 2.5 and 16.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Cedar City?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Cedar City in 2025?
Cedar City’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Cedar City safer than Enoch?
Enoch reports less crime per resident than Cedar City: Enoch grades A for safety and Cedar City B. Enoch’s police reported 0.8 violent and 2.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cedar City?
Cedar City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cedar City”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.