Sandy, UT Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Sandy:

  • There were 2,422 total crimes committed in Sandy in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,657.7 total crimes per 100K people in Sandy.
  • The overall crime rate in Sandy is 25.41% above the national average.
  • Sandy ranks #79 safest out of 85 cities in Utah.
  • Sandy ranks #8,237 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live 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 2,657.7 per 100,000 people. That's 25.41% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 62.20% higher than the Utah total crime rate of 1,638.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sandy
/ 100k People
Utah
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,422 2,657.7 1,638.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.6 5.0
Robbery 22 24.1 27.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 94 103.1 141.7 256.0
Violent Crime 151 165.7 229.6 359.0
Burglary 490 537.7 146.6 229.0
Larceny 1,618 1,775.4 1,145.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 163 178.9 116.5 259.0
Property Crime 2,271 2,492.0 1,408.9 1,760.0

Sandy Crime Compared To Utah Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Utah.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Sandy

151
Violent Crimes
165.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.85%
Below The National Average
  • There were 151 violent crimes in Sandy in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sandy is 165.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 603.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sandy each year. That compares to a 1 in 435.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.85% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -27.84% lower than the Utah violent crime rate of 229.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sandy

2,271
Property Crimes
2,492.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
41.59%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,271 property crimes in Sandy in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sandy is 2,492.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 40.1 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 41.59% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 76.88% higher than the Utah property crime rate of 1,408.9 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
Lehi, UT 95,189 599 629.3 541.0 88.2
South Jordan, UT 86,846 853 982.2 867.1 115.1
Murray, UT 49,238 1,771 3,596.8 3,318.6 278.2
Draper, UT 49,166 626 1,273.2 1,102.4 170.8
Riverton, UT 44,711 433 968.4 896.9 71.6
Cottonwood Heights, UT 31,778 541 1,702.4 1,614.3 88.1

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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