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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Utah (2026)

Daggett has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Utah, at 19.9 per 100k, followed by Morgan and Wayne. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Utah

Top 25 of 29 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Utah
RankCountyValue
1Daggett19.9 per 100k
2Morgan32.5 per 100k
3Wayne44.5 per 100k
4Emery47.4 per 100k
5Rich53.3 per 100k
6San Juan73.1 per 100k
7Juab84.0 per 100k
8Garfield92.1 per 100k
9Utah108.7 per 100k
10Davis120.1 per 100k
11Cache121.8 per 100k
12Box Elder126.2 per 100k
13Sevier133.3 per 100k
14Wasatch133.9 per 100k
15Sanpete143.5 per 100k
16Beaver151.2 per 100k
17Iron151.2 per 100k
18Washington181.7 per 100k
19Uintah208.0 per 100k
20Summit216.7 per 100k
21Carbon235.3 per 100k
22Millard238.2 per 100k
23Piute245.5 per 100k
24Weber273.8 per 100k
25Tooele289.6 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Utah counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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