Photo: SunDawn · CC BY-SA 4.0La Verkin reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
La Verkin grades B− for safety overall (#42 of 62 graded towns in Utah): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 0.9 violent crime and 16.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Utah they are 2.5 and 16.1.
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 La Verkin
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Utah towns on La Verkin’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Hurricane (B−). Toquerville has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Utah towns, lower
Utah’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so La Verkin’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 32% of the 62 Utah towns we grade, against 45% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind La Verkin’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds La Verkin’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | La Verkin | Rest of Utah | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
La Verkin’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Utah and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in La Verkin per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | La Verkin property | Rest of Utah property | La Verkin violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.9 | 20.7 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 20.4 | 15.9 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Utah.
73 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
9 violent and 64 property, as reported to the FBI by La Verkin’s police.
One person died in crashes on La Verkin’s roads in 2019–2023
La Verkin had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Utah towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of La Verkin’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so La Verkin’s own rate (4.5) 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.
La Verkin and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Verkin | B− | 0.9 | 16.9 |
| Hurricane | B− | 1.9 | 9.4 |
| Toquerville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Toquerville has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Utah towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Verkin | B− | 0.9 | 16.9 |
| Kanab | B+ | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| Sunset | B− | 2.3 | 9.4 |
| West Bountiful | B− | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| Perry | C+ | 2.3 | 14.0 |
| Moab | C− | 6.5 | 15.6 |
The five graded Utah towns closest to La Verkin’s population (4,515), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 La Verkin. 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 La Verkin’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,576 in 2025); our figure for La Verkin is 4,515 (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 La Verkin
Is La Verkin, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, La Verkin reports more crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #42 of 62 in Utah. Its police reported 0.9 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 La Verkin?
0.9 violent and 16.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Utah reports 2.5 and 16.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is La Verkin safer than Hurricane?
Hurricane reports less crime per resident than La Verkin: Hurricane grades B− for safety and La Verkin B−. Hurricane’s police reported 1.9 violent and 9.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices La Verkin?
La Verkin’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “La Verkin”. 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.