Crime & Safety in Provo
Provo's crime profile runs genuinely favorable relative to national averages, per NeighborhoodScout-sourced data -- a real, disclosed contrast with the Salt Lake City, UT record built alongside this one, where crime ran meaningfully above national averages. Provo's violent crime index ran 10.9 (US average 22.7) and property crime index ran 32.4 (US average 35.4).
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Learn moreA Real, Genuinely Below-Average Crime Profile
On NeighborhoodScout's comparative 1-100 crime-index scale, Provo's violent crime index ran 10.9 -- well below the US average of 22.7 -- and its property crime index ran 32.4, also below the US average of 35.4. Both figures point to a real, genuinely favorable crime profile, distinct from the elevated figures disclosed for Salt Lake City elsewhere in this project.
Real Odds, Stated Plainly
Per the sourced analysis, Provo residents face roughly a 1-in-484 chance of becoming a violent crime victim in a given year, and roughly a 1-in-79 chance of being a property crime victim -- real, concrete figures that translate the index comparisons above into a more intuitive individual-risk framing.
A Real Contrast With Salt Lake City, Built Alongside This Record
This crime profile runs meaningfully more favorable than the figures disclosed for Salt Lake City elsewhere in this project (where violent crime ran 864.2 per 100,000 and property crime ran 5,200 per 100,000, with overall crime cited 186.15% above the national average). Movers comparing these two Wasatch Front metros specifically by crime statistics should weigh this real, disclosed difference -- Provo and Salt Lake City are genuinely NOT interchangeable on this dimension.
Statewide Context
For broader context, Utah's statewide 2024 violent crime rate ran 230 per 100,000 and property crime ran 1,409 per 100,000 -- Provo's own city-level figures (expressed on NeighborhoodScout's index scale rather than a directly comparable per-100,000 rate this pass) are broadly consistent with a favorable position relative to this statewide baseline.
A Single-Source Figure, Disclosed as a Modest Confidence Caveat
This record sources its crime figures from a single secondary aggregator (NeighborhoodScout) rather than independently re-verifying against a primary Provo Police Department or FBI Uniform Crime Report dataset this pass -- disclosed as a real, modest confidence caveat despite the figures being broadly consistent with Provo's general reputation for lower-than-average crime.
Key takeaways
- Provo's violent crime index (10.9) and property crime index (32.4) both run genuinely below US averages (22.7 and 35.4 respectively) on NeighborhoodScout's comparative scale.
- Provo residents face roughly a 1-in-484 chance of violent crime victimization and a 1-in-79 chance of property crime victimization in a given year, per the sourced analysis.
- This is a real, meaningfully more favorable crime picture than Salt Lake City's disclosed figures elsewhere in this project -- the two Wasatch Front metros are genuinely NOT interchangeable on this dimension.
- Utah's statewide 2024 rates (230 violent, 1,409 property per 100,000) provide broader context consistent with Provo's own favorable relative position.
- These figures come from a single secondary aggregator (NeighborhoodScout) rather than an independently re-verified primary dataset this pass -- disclosed as a modest confidence caveat.
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