Utah

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In 2022, 242 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Utah. This is 16 percent higher than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Utah in 2022 was 36 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 47 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Utah were not solved. This is 2 percentage points lower than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Salt Lake City
  • Population:  3,161,105
  • Area:  84,899 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  40th
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Featured Utah Missing Cases

Frank Verucchi

Missing: Apr 27, 2016
Frank Joseph Verucchi, age 52, was last seen on April 17, 2016, in Draper, Utah. He resided in the S ...Read More

Eva Rodriguez-Flores

Missing: Jul 16, 2022
Eva Raquel Rodriguez-Flores, a 17-year-old, was last seen on July 16, 2022, in West Valley City, Uta ...Read More

Wayne Buckley

Missing: Jun 07, 2015
Wayne Buckley, a 73-year-old Provo resident, was last seen on the night of June 7, 2015. He dropped ...Read More

Clarence Simons

Missing: Jul 29, 1955
On July 29, 1955, Clarence Simons, age 31, went missing after a boating accident on Moon Lake in Duc ...Read More

Adam Hutchinson

Missing: Jun 10, 2006
Adam Hutchinson, a 29-year-old man from Sandy, Utah, was last seen on June 10, 2006. He was reported ...Read More

Aletha Williams

Missing: Mar 06, 2002
Aletha Jo Williams, a 25-year-old woman, was last seen on March 6, 2002, at the corner of 1700 South ...Read More

Tina Jones

Missing: Aug 16, 2023
Tina Marie Jones, a 52-year-old woman from Clearfield, Utah, was last seen on August 16, 2023. She h ...Read More

Joseph Santi

Missing: Jan 22, 1977
Joseph Louis Santi, a 54-year-old prominent businessman, was last seen on January 22, 1977, in Salt ...Read More

Angelo Martinez

Missing: Oct 26, 2017
Angelo Martinez, a 28-year-old man from Ogden, Utah, was last seen on October 26, 2017. He had just ...Read More

Stephanie Smith

Missing: Jan 01, 2003
Stephanie Michele Smith, 35, was last seen in Salt Lake City, Utah, in early 2003, though her sister ...Read More
Featured Utah Murder Cases

Jose Morales

Murdered: Nov 14, 2003
On November 14, 2003, 21-year-old Jose Morales was fatally shot outside the Crossroads Apartments lo ...Read More

Herbert J Strehl

Murdered: Dec 03, 2000
Herbert J. Strehl, a 75-year-old German immigrant and businessman from Salt Lake City, Utah, was fou ...Read More

Tommy J Ortega

Murdered: Apr 14, 1996
On April 14, 1996, 30-year-old Tommy Joe Ortega was killed after an altercation at a bachelor party ...Read More

Michelle Halling

Murdered: Feb 22, 1990
Michelle, age 28, was the mother to a young son living in the Cottonwood Heights area at the time of ...Read More

Kirk Pitcher

Murdered: Sep 11, 1988
Kirk Merrill Pitcher, a 34-year-old man, was found murdered in his home in Taylorsville, Utah, on Se ...Read More

Albert William Spatz

Murdered: May 06, 1988
Albert William Spatz, a 67-year-old resident of Ogden, Utah, was attacked and robbed on February 11, ...Read More

Kimberly Evans

Murdered: Jan 15, 1994
Kimberly Evans, a 28-year-old wife and mother, was tragically murdered on January 15, 1994. On that ...Read More

Doris Anaid Vazquez Hernandez

Murdered: Dec 25, 2001
On December 25, 2001, Doris Anaid Vazquez Hernandez, aged 24, was found murdered in her home on Sout ...Read More

Carolyn Kingston

Murdered: Sep 02, 1971
Carolyn Kingston, a 30-year-old mother of two, was tragically murdered on September 2, 1971, while w ...Read More

Emeterio Melgar-Hernandez

Murdered: Aug 19, 1982
Emeterio Melgar-Hernandez, a 33-year-old immigrant from El Salvador, was found murdered on August 19 ...Read More

Sheree Allen

Murdered: Jan 24, 2005
On January 24, 2005, Sheree Allen, a 22-year-old woman from Salt Lake City, was found murdered in a ...Read More