Cedar City, UT Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Cedar City, UT Summary

Crime in Cedar City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Cedar City over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Cedar City:

  • There were 548 total crimes committed in Cedar City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,395.6 total crimes per 100K people in Cedar City.
  • The overall crime rate in Cedar City is -39.95% below the national average.
  • Cedar City ranks #40 safest out of 82 cities in Utah.
  • Cedar City ranks #5,019 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Cedar City Vs Utah And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cedar City is 1,395.6 per 100,000 people. That's -39.95% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -48.79% lower than the Utah total crime rate of 2,725.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cedar City
/ 100k People
Utah
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 548 1,395.6 2,725.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.1 6.3
Robbery 2 5.1 41.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 15 38.2 159.9 268.2
Violent Crime 31 78.9 260.7 369.8
Burglary 54 137.5 290.6 269.8
Larceny 420 1,069.6 1,857.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 43 109.5 316.6 282.7
Property Crime 517 1,316.7 2,464.4 1,954.4

Cedar City Crime Compared To Utah Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Utah.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Cedar City

31
Violent Crimes
78.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-78.65%
Below The National Average
  • There were 31 violent crimes in Cedar City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cedar City is 78.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,266.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cedar City each year. That compares to a 1 in 383.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -78.65% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -69.71% lower than the Utah violent crime rate of 260.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cedar City

517
Property Crimes
1,316.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 517 property crimes in Cedar City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cedar City is 1,316.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cedar City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.63% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.57% lower than the Utah property crime rate of 2,464.4 per 100,000 people.

Cedar City SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
10
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