Safety · Orem

Orem, UT crime & safety

Orem's reported crime rate is close to Utah's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 130 violent crimes were reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Orem compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

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Orem’s Safety Grade: B-

Orem reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.

BViolent crimeC+Property crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 49%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Utah towns we grade (60)Safer than 35%
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,259)Safer than 61%
High confidence. Built on 4,314 incidents over 3 years; ordinary year-to-year swings wouldn't change the grade.
How the Safety Grade works
  • One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in UT ranking.
  • Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
  • Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
  • Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
  • What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025

Orem at a glance

Violent crime
1.4
per 1,000 residents · Utah 2.2
Property crime
12.3
per 1,000 residents · Utah 13.2
Incidents reported
1,316
130 violent · 1,186 property
Since 2022
▼ 27%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Orem 1.4
Utah 2.2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Orem 12.3
Utah 13.2
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025

OremUtah
05101520 2022202320242025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearOrem propertyUtah propertyOrem violentUtah violent
202216.919.31.92.5
202314.816.61.52.4
202413.614.91.72.4
202512.313.21.42.2
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
1,028
Burglary
75
Vehicle theft
83
Aggravated assault
65
Robbery
8
Rape
57
Homicide
0
Arson
6

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Orem safe

Local public safety

👮 Orem Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Next door

Orem and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
OremB-1.412.32025
ProvoB-1.811.12025
LindonC+1.416.52025

No town figures in the FBI's data: Vineyard.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 96,200, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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