What is the crime rate in Cottonwood Heights, UT?

In 2025, the Cottonwood Heights Police Department reported 23 violent crimes and 500 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 71 violent and 1,554 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,173 residents it serves.

Across Utah the rates were 225 and 1,319.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 71
Property per 100,000: 1,554
Violent crimes: 23
Property crimes: 500

Crime reported by the Cottonwood Heights Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	18	56	573	1,797	31,892
2024	28	88	515	1,621	31,778
2025	23	71	500	1,554	32,173

Violent crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 23 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 573 in 2023 to 500 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Cottonwood Heights against Utah and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cottonwood Heights	71	1,554
Salt Lake County	337	2,078
Utah	225	1,319
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Cottonwood Heights, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cottonwood Heights	—	71	1,554
Sandy	3.4 mi	221	1,805
Murray	4.6 mi	165	2,823
Taylorsville	7.7 mi	187	1,740
South Salt Lake	7.7 mi	697	4,290
Draper	8.5 mi	192	1,066
West Jordan	9.8 mi	313	1,310
South Jordan	10 mi	113	944
Riverton	10 mi	62	716

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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