What is the crime rate in West Valley City, UT?

In 2025, the West Valley Police Department reported 529 violent crimes and 2,290 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 384 violent and 1,663 property crimes per 100,000 of the 137,688 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: 384
Property per 100,000: 1,663
Violent crimes: 529
Property crimes: 2,290

Crime reported by the West Valley 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	606	449	2,922	2,164	135,023
2024	627	473	2,462	1,856	132,686
2025	529	384	2,290	1,663	137,688

Violent crimes reported went from 606 in 2023 to 529 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,922 in 2023 to 2,290 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.

West Valley City against Utah and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West Valley City	384	1,663
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 West Valley City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
West Valley City	—	384	1,663
Taylorsville	3.9 mi	187	1,740
West Jordan	6.0 mi	313	1,310
South Salt Lake	6.0 mi	697	4,290
Murray	7.1 mi	165	2,823
Salt Lake City	7.4 mi	863	4,771
South Jordan	9.3 mi	113	944
Cottonwood Heights	12 mi	71	1,554
Sandy	12 mi	221	1,805

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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