The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Centerville, UT
Centerville is a city of 16,900 in Davis County, about 20 miles south of downtown Ogden · Updated November 2026
Is Centerville, UT safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Centerville: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 887 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Centerville as a whole, and 37% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Centerville scores 887.
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 Centerville, UT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Centerville, 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 Centerville
Thefts from cars happen at homes more often than nationally. In Centerville, 58% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Simple assault runs low. Centerville has 3.1 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Centerville
Every part of Centerville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Centerville run from A to A-; every part of Centerville has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Centerville, the northeast side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Centerville?
Reported property crime in Centerville has fallen 18% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 17 to 14 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
CentervilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Centerville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Centerville
Property, US
2016
+108%
+15%
2017
+47%
+12%
2018
+23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+39%
-8%
2021
+35%
-10%
2022
+8%
-6%
2023
-17%
-7%
2024
-18%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Centerville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Centerville has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 30% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Centerville is theft, about 54% of the total. It also makes up 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 Centerville
Centerville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Centerville, 31% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (27%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, theft from cars, vandalism.
How Centerville compares with nearby cities
Centerville has less crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Centerville
One thing sets Centerville apart: it has 1.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet vandalism runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Centerville: C- (27 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 69% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 64% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 64% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 61% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.37 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 58% 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 Centerville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Centerville about $569 a year per household, 53% 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 $7.8 million a year, or $461 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$320,000
$19
Rape
$240,000
$14
Robbery
$29,000
$2
Assault
$690,000
$41
Burglary
$160,000
$10
Theft
$1.0 million
$62
Vehicle theft
$190,000
$11
Arson
$22,000
$1
Vandalism
$530,000
$31
Total
$3.2 million
$191
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 Centerville 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.
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 Centerville, UT average a SchoolGrade of A: 52% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Centerville on SchoolGrade
