Photo: Creator: Javin Weaver · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Provo fell 16% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Provo grades B− for safety (#39 of 62 graded towns in Utah, and #40 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): 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 Provo
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Utah towns on Provo’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Springville (B), Orem (B−). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Provo’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.9 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Utah (2.3) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Utah
16.7 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (19 reported in 2025), below the rest of Utah (32.3) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Provo reports less crime per resident than 88% (#40). Places like it ↓
A college town
Provo is home to Brigham Young University, with 34,275 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 38% 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 Provo’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.5) 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.
Homicides and robberies
Provo’s police reported 1 homicides, 19 robberies and 203 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Utah and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Provo | Rest of Utah | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.3 | 36.7 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 16.0 | 32.2 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 17.7 | 35.2 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 16.4 | 29.6 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Provo property | Rest of Utah property | Provo violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.0 | 21.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 13.6 | 18.4 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 12.7 | 16.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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.
1,490 crimes reported in 2025
203 violent and 1,287 property, as reported to the FBI by Provo’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
21 people died in crashes on Provo’s roads in 2019–2023
Provo had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 7 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Utah towns of 100,000+ people (7.3, 5 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.
Provo and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provo | B− | 1.9 | 12.5 |
| Orem | B− | 1.5 | 13.6 |
| Springville | B | 1.3 | 8.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Utah towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provo | B− | 1.9 | 12.5 |
| Lehi | A− | 0.9 | 5.5 |
| St. George | B− | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| West Jordan | C | 3.1 | 14.8 |
| Sandy | C | 2.0 | 20.5 |
| West Valley City | C− | 4.3 | 18.7 |
The five graded Utah towns closest to Provo’s population (114,527), 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 Provo. 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 Provo’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (115,576 in 2025); our figure for Provo is 114,527 (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 Provo
Is Provo, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Provo reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #39 of 62 in Utah. Its police reported 1.9 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 Provo?
1.9 violent and 12.5 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 Provo?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Provo in 2025?
Provo’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Provo safer than Orem?
Orem reports more crime per resident than Provo: Orem grades B− for safety and Provo B−. Orem’s police reported 1.5 violent and 13.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Provo?
Provo’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Provo”. 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.