The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bluffdale, UT
Bluffdale is a city of 19,300 in Salt Lake County, about 19 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City · Updated November 2026
Is Bluffdale, UT safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Bluffdale is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Bluffdale sits near the middle: 57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Every neighborhood in Bluffdale grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 869 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bluffdale as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bluffdale scores 869.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Bluffdale, UT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bluffdale, 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 in Bluffdale
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B- in Bluffdale, worse than in the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Theft runs low. Bluffdale has 4.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Bluffdale
Every part of Bluffdale where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bluffdale, the northwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Bluffdale?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Bluffdale is up 15% and property crime is down 36%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 8.0 to 5.1 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 29%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BluffdaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bluffdale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bluffdale
Violent, US
Property, Bluffdale
Property, US
2016
-69%
+4%
+33%
+15%
2017
-19%
+4%
+23%
+12%
2018
-46%
+0%
+52%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+26%
+4%
+80%
-8%
2021
-16%
+6%
+19%
-10%
2022
-37%
+5%
+12%
-6%
2023
-12%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
+16%
-4%
-36%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bluffdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bluffdale has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 50% less than the US as a whole and 43% less than Utah.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Bluffdale, about 40% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Bluffdale
Bluffdale has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bluffdale, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 64% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (64%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (81%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Bluffdale compares with nearby cities
Bluffdale has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Alpine and Highland have the least crime nearby.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Bluffdale
Two things set Bluffdale apart: it has 1.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 4.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 94% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (7 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 86% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 91% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.30% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 68% of US city residents
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 crime costs Bluffdale
Crime costs Bluffdale about $841 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 30% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $13 million a year, or $674 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$360,000
$19
Rape
$600,000
$31
Robbery
$16,000
$1
Assault
$1.7 million
$86
Burglary
$150,000
$8
Theft
$430,000
$22
Vehicle theft
$290,000
$15
Arson
$17,000
$1
Vandalism
$610,000
$31
Total
$4.1 million
$214
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Bluffdale means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Bluffdale is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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. 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.
Schools in Bluffdale, UT average a SchoolGrade of A-: 52% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Bluffdale on SchoolGrade
