What is the crime rate in Payson, UT?

In 2025, the Payson Police Department reported 31 violent crimes and 141 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 121 violent and 551 property crimes per 100,000 of the 25,583 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: 121
Property per 100,000: 551
Violent crimes: 31
Property crimes: 141

Crime reported by the Payson 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	28	121	153	661	23,151
2024	32	128	176	703	25,051
2025	31	121	141	551	25,583

Violent crimes reported went from 28 in 2023 to 31 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 153 in 2023 to 141 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.

Payson against Utah and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Payson	121	551
Utah County	123	748
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 Payson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Payson	—	121	551
Salem	4.0 mi	9	303
Santaquin	5.4 mi	107	177
Spanish Fork	7.4 mi	96	746
Mapleton	10 mi	70	386
Provo	15 mi	177	1,119
Orem	18 mi	134	1,243
Lindon	21 mi	132	1,654
Pleasant Grove	23 mi	120	589

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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