Orem is the sixth-largest city in Utah, with 95,300 residents in Utah County, about 5 miles north of downtown Provo · Updated November 2026
Is Orem, UT safe?
Yes, crime in Orem is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Orem sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Orem run from A+ to B+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 849 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Orem as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Orem scores 849.
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 Orem, UT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Orem, 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 Orem
Reported rapes run above the US rate. Orem has less crime than the US as a whole, 23% below the US rate, but more reported rapes: 0.53 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
Thefts run high in Sharon. In this part of central Orem, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Orem.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Orem
Every part of Orem where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Orem run from A+ to B+; 55% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Cascade, Orchard South & Scera Park North, eastThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Orem.A883
2Hillcrest & Scera Park South, southeastSimple assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Orem.A874
3Lakeview & Sunset Heights, southwestThefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Orem.A873
4Suncrest, Orem North & Geneva, westThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Orem.A-841
5Bonneville & Aspen, northwestSimple assaults run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Orem.A-836
6Northridge, Windsor North & Windsor South, northThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Orem.A-832
7Westmore, Cherry Hill & Orem South, southThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Orem.A-817
8Sharon, centralCar thefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Orem.A-795
Neighborhood areas of Orem, ranked by overall 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.
Is crime going up in Orem?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Orem is up 87% and property crime is down 34%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.9 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 20 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
OremUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Orem. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Orem
Violent, US
Property, Orem
Property, US
2016
-26%
+4%
+25%
+15%
2017
-22%
+4%
+2%
+12%
2018
-22%
+0%
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+19%
+4%
+3%
-8%
2021
+95%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
+106%
+5%
-15%
-6%
2023
+66%
+2%
-28%
-7%
2024
+87%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Orem
CrimeGrade™ estimates Orem has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% 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 is the most common crime in Orem, about 41% of everything reported, but assault 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 Orem
Orem has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Orem, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 67% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (67%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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 Orem compares with nearby cities
Orem has more crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. Alpine and Highland have the least crime nearby.
One thing sets Orem apart: it has 7 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, yet robbery runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 81% 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 Orem: C- (29 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 77% 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. 64% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.58 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 74% 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.31% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 69% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Orem 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 Orem
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Orem about $878 a year per household, 27% 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 $68 million a year, or $715 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.6 million
$27
Rape
$3.0 million
$32
Robbery
$740,000
$8
Assault
$7.7 million
$81
Burglary
$880,000
$9
Theft
$5.7 million
$60
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$14
Arson
$33,000
under $1
Vandalism
$3.9 million
$41
Total
$26 million
$272
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 Orem 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 Orem, UT average a SchoolGrade of B: 48% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Orem on SchoolGrade
