Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainWoods Cross sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Woods Cross grades B− for safety (#37 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 Woods Cross
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Utah towns on Woods Cross’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: North Salt Lake (B), West Bountiful (B−). Bountiful has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Woods Cross’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Woods Cross’ 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
Woods Cross’ police reported 48 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 | Woods Cross | Rest of Utah | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Utah.
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| Year | Woods Cross property | Rest of Utah property | Woods Cross violent | Rest of Utah violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.7 | 20.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 18.2 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 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.
187 crimes reported in 2025
28 violent and 159 property, as reported to the FBI by Woods Cross’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Woods Cross’s roads in 2019–2023
Woods Cross had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Woods Cross’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Woods Cross’s own rate (6.9) 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.
Woods Cross and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Cross | B− | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Bountiful | — | — | — |
| North Salt Lake | B | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| West Bountiful | B− | 1.3 | 15.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bountiful has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Utah towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Cross | B− | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Enoch | A | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| Pleasant View | A | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Lindon | C+ | 0.9 | 18.8 |
| Vernal | C− | 3.1 | 20.6 |
| Riverdale | D | 3.3 | 43.4 |
The five graded Utah towns closest to Woods Cross’ population (11,429), 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 Woods Cross. 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 Woods Cross’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,497 in 2025); our figure for Woods Cross is 11,429 (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 Woods Cross
Is Woods Cross, UT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Woods Cross reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #37 of 62 in Utah. Its police reported 1.4 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 Woods Cross?
1.4 violent and 13.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Utah reports 2.5 and 16.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Woods Cross?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Woods Cross safer than North Salt Lake?
North Salt Lake reports less crime per resident than Woods Cross: North Salt Lake grades B for safety and Woods Cross B−. North Salt Lake’s police reported 0.8 violent and 10.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Woods Cross?
Woods Cross’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woods Cross”. 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.