Photo: Munsonmunson · Public domainSpanish Fork reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Spanish Fork’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #15 of 62 graded towns in 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 Spanish Fork
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Utah towns on Spanish Fork’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Mapleton (A), Springville (B). Salem reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Spanish Fork’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Spanish Fork’s police reported 118 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 | Spanish Fork | Rest of Utah | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 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 | Spanish Fork property | Rest of Utah property | Spanish Fork violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.0 | 20.9 | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 18.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 14.4 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
414 crimes reported in 2025
48 violent and 366 property, as reported to the FBI by Spanish Fork’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Spanish Fork’s roads in 2019–2023
Spanish Fork had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a cyclist. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 4.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Spanish Fork and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fork | B+ | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| Springville | B | 1.3 | 8.6 |
| Mapleton | A | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| Salem | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Salem reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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 Spanish Fork. 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 Spanish Fork’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,165 in 2025); our figure for Spanish Fork is 48,837 (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 Spanish Fork
Is Spanish Fork, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Spanish Fork reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #15 of 62 in Utah. Its police reported 0.8 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 Spanish Fork?
0.8 violent and 7.8 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 Spanish Fork?
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 Spanish Fork in 2025?
Spanish Fork’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 Spanish Fork safer than Springville?
Springville reports more crime per resident than Spanish Fork: Springville grades B for safety and Spanish Fork B+. Springville’s police reported 1.3 violent and 8.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Spanish Fork?
Spanish Fork’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Spanish Fork”. 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.