CrimeMetric

Crime in St. George, Utah

Major crime in St. George is 33% below the U.S. rate per resident: 30% lower for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 7.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
67
33% below the U.S. rate
21% below the Utah rate
up 7.8% in a year
Persons crimes
70
30% below the U.S. rate
about the Utah rate
up 13.4% in a year
Property crimes
66
34% below the U.S. rate
24% below the Utah rate
up 6.6% in a year
Social disorder
180
1.8 times the U.S. rate
32% above the Utah rate
up 14.7% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 3.2 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in St. George for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across St. George

The middle half of St. George residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 24 and 75; the typical (median) resident's is 46. The citywide figure (67) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of St. George, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5059.5%
  • 50–10023.1%
  • 100–20013.2%
  • 200–4003.2%
  • 400+0.9%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm81
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am51
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm71
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am58
Trend and outlook

Major crime rose 7.8% in a year; across Utah it fell 9.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime+7.8%UT -9.1%-1.5%UT -8.9%
Persons crimes+13.4%UT -3.4%+12.1%UT +4.1%
Property crimes+6.6%UT -10.1%-4.6%UT -11.3%
Social disorder+14.7%UT -5.1%+1.4%UT -3.8%

Change in expected crimes, with Utah as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

St. George against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents

218 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than St. George; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:

Costa Mesa, CA108,390127
Tyler, TX110,667107
Carlsbad, CA109,80068
St. George, UT109,21067
Fishers, IN109,92129

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

St. George has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Washington (5 mi), is 33% below St. George's rate.

St. George67
Hurricane13 mi53
Cedar City49 mi46
Enoch57 mi19

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in St. George

What are the most common crimes in St. George?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 490 a year), shoplifting (about 300 a year) and aggravated assault (about 135 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 3.2 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. St. George's figures add up its 51 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • St. George has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 40.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 109,210. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in St. George, Utah." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ut/st-george

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100