Photo: Chadthomas2013 · CC BY-SA 4.0Layton sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Layton grades B− for safety (#36 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 Layton
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Utah towns on Layton’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Kaysville (A−), Clearfield (C+). South Weber has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Layton’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Layton’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.9) 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
Layton’s police reported 323 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the rest of Utah and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Layton | Rest of Utah | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 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 13 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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Layton property | Rest of Utah property | Layton violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.7 | 20.8 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 15.0 | 18.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
1,235 crimes reported in 2025
113 violent and 1,122 property, as reported to the FBI by Layton’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
16 people died in crashes on Layton’s roads in 2019–2023
Layton had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 3.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Utah towns of 25,000–100,000 people (3.8, 34 towns).
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.
Layton and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layton | B− | 1.3 | 13.9 |
| Kaysville | A− | 0.7 | 5.9 |
| Clearfield | C+ | 2.5 | 11.1 |
| South Weber | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. South Weber has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Layton. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Layton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (84,936 in 2025); our figure for Layton is 85,308 (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 Layton
Is Layton, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Layton reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #36 of 62 in Utah. Its police reported 1.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the rest of Utah and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Layton?
1.3 violent and 13.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Utah reports 2.6 and 16.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Layton?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Layton in 2025?
Layton’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 Layton safer than Kaysville?
Kaysville reports less crime per resident than Layton: Kaysville grades A− for safety and Layton B−. Kaysville’s police reported 0.7 violent and 5.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Layton?
Layton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Layton”. 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.