Photo: Invictus323 · CC BY 4.0Salt Lake City has more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. The crimes the grade counts fell 14% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Measured on crimes Salt Lake City’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D−: #309 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Behind the grade sit 8.6 violent crimes and 51.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.0 and 12.7 in the rest of Utah.
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 Salt Lake City
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Utah towns on Salt Lake City’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: North Salt Lake (B), West Valley City (C−), South Salt Lake (D−). Millcreek, Magna and Emigration Canyon have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Salt Lake City’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 5.3 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.7 times the rest of Utah (2.0) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 9.5 times the rest of Utah
174 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (362 reported in 2025), 9.5 times the rest of Utah (18.3) and 2.2 times 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, Salt Lake City reports less crime per resident than 5% (#309). Places like it ↓
A college town
Salt Lake City is home to the University of Utah, with 33,034 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 13% 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 ↓
A job center
Salt Lake City has 276,107 jobs based in town for 218,428 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. 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 Salt Lake 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Salt Lake City | Rest of Utah | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Salt Lake City | Rest of Utah | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 205 | 18.6 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 176 | 18.2 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 183 | 20.6 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 163 | 16.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Salt Lake City’s police reported 7 homicides, 362 robberies and 1,906 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.
Crime in Salt Lake City 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 9 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Salt Lake City property | Rest of Utah property | Salt Lake City violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64.2 | 16.3 | 9.8 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 56.5 | 14.7 | 8.7 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 52.0 | 12.5 | 8.6 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 47.4 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 1.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
12,433 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.
1,906 violent and 10,527 property, as reported to the FBI by Salt Lake City’s police.
108 people died in crashes on Salt Lake City’s roads in 2019–2023
Salt Lake City had 102 fatal crashes in five years, in which 108 people died; 34 were pedestrians and 5 were cyclists. 22 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Salt Lake City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City | D− | 8.6 | 51.8 |
| Millcreek | — | — | — |
| South Salt Lake | D− | 7.1 | 52.1 |
| Magna | — | — | — |
| West Valley City | C− | 4.3 | 18.7 |
| North Salt Lake | B | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| Emigration Canyon | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Millcreek, Magna and Emigration Canyon have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Utah towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City | D− | 8.6 | 51.8 |
| Provo | B− | 1.9 | 12.5 |
| West Jordan | C | 3.1 | 14.8 |
The five graded Utah towns closest to Salt Lake City’s population (218,428), 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 Salt Lake City. 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 Salt Lake City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (222,304 in 2025); our figure for Salt Lake City is 218,428 (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 Salt Lake City
Is Salt Lake City, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Salt Lake City reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 8.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.0 in the rest of Utah and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Salt Lake City?
8.6 violent and 51.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Utah reports 2.0 and 12.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Salt Lake City in 2025?
Salt Lake City’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Salt Lake City safer than South Salt Lake?
South Salt Lake reports more crime per resident than Salt Lake City: South Salt Lake grades D− for safety and Salt Lake City D−. South Salt Lake’s police reported 7.1 violent and 52.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Salt Lake 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.