Magna is a township of 30,400 in Salt Lake County, about 11 miles west of downtown Salt Lake City · Updated November 2026
Is Magna, UT safe?
Yes, by national standards: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Magna is low. Most US neighborhoods have even less, though: 60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Magna run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 778 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Magna as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Magna scores 778.
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 Magna, UT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Magna, 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 Magna
Car thefts run high for an A-graded city. Magna has 1.7 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93.
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Magna has aggravated assaults at less than half the US rate: 0.98 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Magna
Every part of Magna where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Magna run from A to B; 7% of residents live in areas with 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 Magna, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Magna
CrimeGrade™ estimates Magna has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and close to 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.
Theft makes up about 36% of crime reported in Magna. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Magna
The Unified Police Department polices Magna, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Magna, 57% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 45% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
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 Magna compares with nearby cities
Magna has less crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Bingham Canyon and West Jordan have less.
Two things set Magna apart: it has 2.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 4.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run 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.2.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower 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. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% 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.35% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 71% 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 71% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Magna on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Magna
Crime costs Magna about $1,095 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 9% 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 $24 million a year, or $787 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$36
Rape
$810,000
$27
Robbery
$200,000
$6
Assault
$2.6 million
$87
Burglary
$430,000
$14
Theft
$1.8 million
$59
Vehicle theft
$790,000
$26
Arson
$93,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.6 million
$51
Total
$9.4 million
$309
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 Magna 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 Magna, UT average a SchoolGrade of F: 28% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Magna on SchoolGrade
