Sandy, UT Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sandy, UT Summary

Crime in Sandy research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Sandy 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 Sandy:

  • There were 3,154 total crimes committed in Sandy the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,248.5 total crimes per 100K people in Sandy.
  • The overall crime rate in Sandy is 39.77% above the national average.
  • Sandy ranks #74 safest out of 82 cities in Utah.
  • Sandy ranks #8,396 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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Sandy Vs Utah And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sandy is 3,248.5 per 100,000 people. That's 39.77% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 19.21% higher than the Utah total crime rate of 2,725.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sandy
/ 100k People
Utah
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,154 3,248.5 2,725.1 2,324.2
Murder 2 2.1 3.1 6.3
Robbery 28 28.8 41.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 112 115.4 159.9 268.2
Violent Crime 175 180.2 260.7 369.8
Burglary 412 424.3 290.6 269.8
Larceny 2,211 2,277.2 1,857.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 356 366.7 316.6 282.7
Property Crime 2,979 3,068.3 2,464.4 1,954.4

Sandy 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 Sandy

175
Violent Crimes
180.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-51.26%
Below The National Average
  • There were 175 violent crimes in Sandy in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sandy is 180.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 554.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sandy each year. That compares to a 1 in 383.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -51.26% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -30.85% lower than the Utah violent crime rate of 260.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sandy

2,979
Property Crimes
3,068.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
56.99%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,979 property crimes in Sandy in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sandy is 3,068.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 32.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sandy each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 56.99% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 24.50% higher than the Utah property crime rate of 2,464.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sandy

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
South Jordan, UT 82,250 1,171 1,423.7 1,358.1 65.7
Draper, UT 53,049 929 1,751.2 1,655.1 96.1
Murray, UT 48,884 2,645 5,410.8 5,052.8 358.0
Riverton, UT 44,920 527 1,173.2 1,093.1 80.1
Cottonwood Heights, UT 32,191 677 2,103.1 1,978.8 124.3

Sandy SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
9
Commute
8
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