Salt Lake City, UT crime rate
In 2025 the Salt Lake City Police Department reported 863.2 violent crimes and 4,771.4 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Utah and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Salt Lake City compare with Utah and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Salt Lake City only.
What offenses were reported in Salt Lake City, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Utah | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,919 | 863.2 | 235.7 | 327.6 | down 1.9% | down 11.6% |
| Murder | 7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | down 40.4% | down 57.5% |
| Rape | 458 | 206.0 | 63.7 | 36.1 | up 23.4% | up 28.6% |
| Robbery | 363 | 163.3 | 24.9 | 49.4 | down 11.0% | down 24.4% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,091 | 490.8 | 144.5 | 238.0 | down 6.4% | down 17.2% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 10,607 | 4,771.4 | 1,415.5 | 1,534.8 | down 9.2% | down 30.6% |
| Burglary | 1,047 | 471.0 | 134.7 | 193.6 | down 15.3% | down 40.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 8,718 | 3,921.7 | 1,170.2 | 1,144.1 | down 6.9% | down 22.0% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 786 | 353.6 | 110.5 | 197.0 | down 24.5% | down 65.3% |
| Arson | 56 | 25.2 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 14.0% | down 19.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Salt Lake City Police Department and sent to the FBI. Utah and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Salt Lake City | United States | Utah |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 976.6 | 387.0 | 259.1 |
| 2022 | 996.2 | 388.7 | 243.8 |
| 2023 | 883.9 | 379.5 | 231.4 |
| 2024 | 879.7 | 362.9 | 232.8 |
| 2025 | 863.2 | 327.6 | 235.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Salt Lake City | United States | Utah |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,874.2 | 1,832.3 | 2,099.2 |
| 2022 | 6,474.1 | 1,973.8 | 1,904.0 |
| 2023 | 5,702.2 | 1,934.1 | 1,618.4 |
| 2024 | 5,257.3 | 1,761.1 | 1,420.6 |
| 2025 | 4,771.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,415.5 |
Is Salt Lake City safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Salt Lake City Police Department reported, 863.2 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Utah's 235.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 1.9% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Salt Lake City's 2025 property crime rate was 4,771.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the Salt Lake City Police Department, from 10,607 offenses reported to the FBI. That is 3.4 times the FBI's Utah estimate of 1,415.5 and 3.1 times the US rate of 1,534.8. Violent crime came to 863.2 per 100,000, or 1,919 offenses, 3.7 times the state rate of 235.7 and 2.6 times the national 327.6.
Property crime has fallen 30.6% since 2021, when the rate was 6,874.2, and 9.2% since 2024. The violent rate is 11.6% lower than in 2021 and 1.9% lower than in 2024. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in both periods, 65.3% from 2021 and 24.5% from 2024.
Rape rose the most of the violent offenses in both periods, 28.6% since 2021 and 23.4% since 2024, to 206.0 per 100,000, which is 5.7 times the US rate. Robbery, at 163.3 per 100,000, was 6.6 times the Utah estimate. The city recorded 7 homicides in 2025, 3.1 per 100,000.
Larceny-theft was 82% of property crime and aggravated assault 57% of violent crime. The department sent all 12 months in each of the 5 years shown and has reported to NIBRS since 1999. The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office and the Unified Police Department report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.45 per 1,000 residents (589 officers, 177 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Salt Lake City Police Department (ORI UT0180300), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Utah and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_UT0180300_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Salt Lake City Police Department (UT0180300): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_UT0180300__from-2021-to-2025.json)