The Provo metro area, the 83rd-largest in the US, is home to 718,000 residents; Provo itself is the fourth-largest city in Utah · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Provo area?
The Provo area earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+. The city of Provo itself grades A- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 874 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Provo area as a whole, and 39% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Provo area scores 874.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Provo, UT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Provo area, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in the Provo area
One part of Provo stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Joaquin, in central Provo, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglaries are uncommon. The Provo area has burglaries at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.65 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Provo area
Nearly every part of the Provo area where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across the Provo area run from A+ to D+.
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A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Provo
1Indian Hills, Sherwood Hills & Rock Canyon, northeastThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Provo.A911
2Carterville & Little Rock Canyon, northThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Provo.A-837
3Dixon, North Park & Lake View South, westClose to the rest of Provo on most crimes.A-807
4Grand View North, northwestClose to the rest of Provo on most crimes.A-803
5Provo South, Provost & Rings Creek, southeastThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Provo.A-802
6Tree Streets, eastClose to the rest of Provo on most crimes.A-797
7Lakewood, Franklin & Provo Bay, southwestThefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Provo.A-794
8Joaquin, centralClose to the rest of Provo on most crimes.B+754
9Franklin South, Central Business District & Maeser, southBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Provo.B+723
Neighborhood areas of the city of Provo, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Provo metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is property crime going up in the Provo area?
Reported property crime in the Provo area has fallen 35% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 8.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Provo areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Provo area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Provo area
Property, US
2016
+39%
+15%
2017
+23%
+12%
2018
+7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
-8%
2021
-10%
-10%
2022
-15%
-6%
2023
-25%
-7%
2024
-35%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in the Provo area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Provo area has about 13 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% less than the US as a whole and 39% less than Utah.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in the Provo area, about 60% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in the Provo area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Provo area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Provo area, 57% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (47%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in the Provo area and nearby metro areas
The Provo area has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest metro areas; only the Boise area has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Provo area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Provo area is safer than 82% of them.
Empty homes, night lighting and density in the Provo area
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets the Provo area apart: it has 3.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, and it runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of Americans in metro areas
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.94% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 75% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.28% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% of Americans in metro areas
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs the Provo area
Property crime costs the Provo area about $61 million a year, or $84 per resident and about $322 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$4.2 million
$6
Theft
$29 million
$40
Vehicle theft
$6.0 million
$8
Arson
$740,000
$1
Vandalism
$21 million
$29
Total
$61 million
$84
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. These figures cover the whole Provo metro area. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
