Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainWest Bountiful reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, West Bountiful grades B− for safety (#41 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 West Bountiful
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Utah towns on West Bountiful’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Centerville (B), Woods Cross (B−). Bountiful 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 West Bountiful’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 34% of the 62 Utah towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind West Bountiful’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds West Bountiful’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.3) 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
West Bountiful’s police reported 22 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the rest of Utah and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | West Bountiful | Rest of Utah | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 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 16 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Utah.
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| Year | West Bountiful property | Rest of Utah property | West Bountiful violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.4 | 18.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 14.4 | 15.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
100 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 94 property, as reported to the FBI by West Bountiful’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on West Bountiful’s roads in 2019–2023
West Bountiful had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a cyclist. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Utah towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of West Bountiful’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Bountiful’s own rate (10.1) 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.
West Bountiful and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bountiful | B− | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| Bountiful | — | — | — |
| Woods Cross | B− | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Centerville | B | 1.0 | 12.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bountiful 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 West Bountiful. 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 West Bountiful’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,868 in 2025); our figure for West Bountiful is 5,931 (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 West Bountiful
Is West Bountiful, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Bountiful reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #41 of 62 in Utah. Its police reported 1.3 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 West Bountiful?
1.3 violent and 15.3 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 crime going up or down in West Bountiful?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is West Bountiful safer than Woods Cross?
Woods Cross reports less crime per resident than West Bountiful: Woods Cross grades B− for safety and West Bountiful B−. Woods Cross’s police reported 1.4 violent and 13.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Bountiful?
West Bountiful’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Bountiful”. 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.