With a crime rate of 35 per one thousand residents, West Valley City has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 29. Within Utah, more than 96% of the communities have a lower crime rate than West Valley City.

Importantly, when you compare West Valley City to other communities of similar population, then West Valley City crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how West Valley City does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how West Valley City does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in West Valley City.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in West Valley City occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in West Valley City; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 222. This equates to a rate of 5 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in West Valley City is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In West Valley City, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 33, which is a rate of 30 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that West Valley City has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in West Valley City is one in 215.