The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Midvale, UT
Midvale is a city of 38,500 in Salt Lake County, about 10 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City · Updated November 2026
Is Midvale, UT safe?
Crime in Midvale is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Midvale. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B+ against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Midvale run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 624 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Midvale as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Midvale scores 624.
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 Midvale, UT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Midvale, 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 Midvale
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Midvale runs 81% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 35% below it: 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Vandalism stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 6.1 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents; Midvale has 31.9.
The safest and least safe parts of Midvale
Low crime is the norm across Midvale: 85% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Midvale run from A- to C; every part of Midvale has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
85%15%
A or B 85%C 15%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Midvale, the east side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Midvale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Midvale has about 67 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 81% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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.
Vandalism is the most common crime in Midvale, about 47% 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 Midvale
The Unified Police Department polices Midvale, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Midvale, 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 Midvale compares with nearby cities
Midvale has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities. South Jordan and Cottonwood Heights have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, transit and walkability in Midvale
Two things set Midvale apart: it has 10 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 67 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
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 92% 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 Midvale: C (34 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 85% 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. 61% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 80% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.67 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 84% 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.47% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 79% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Midvale 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 Midvale
Crime costs Midvale about $1,540 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% more 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 $52 million a year, or $1,351 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.2 million
$58
Rape
$1.2 million
$31
Robbery
$520,000
$14
Assault
$4.9 million
$127
Burglary
$920,000
$24
Theft
$3.2 million
$82
Vehicle theft
$1.8 million
$46
Arson
$200,000
$5
Vandalism
$8.7 million
$226
Total
$24 million
$613
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 Midvale 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 Midvale, UT average a SchoolGrade of D+: 39% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Midvale on SchoolGrade
