Utah Crime Dashboard
Helpful Tips

Crime Dashboard Helpful Tips

  • Narrow your search query parameters by using the primary layout filters located at the top of the interface page (e.g., Year, Category, County, City, and Offense).
  • Consider filtering down your parameters as much as possible to avoid generating overly crowded or "busy" data visualization charts.
  • Data charts auto-adjust dynamically across the viewport based upon the specific filter or filters currently selected.
  • If no custom filtering selections are chosen, statewide cumulative statistics will be displayed by default.
  • If you filter parameters specifically by category (Person, Property, or Society), empty tracking containers will render for the unselected classifications.
    • Example: If the "Property" filter is selected, layout charts for Person and Society crimes will still draw on screen, but will display a system notification stating "No data in filtered range." You can adjust or deselect category conditions at any point to inspect alternative records arrays.
  • To compare localized cities situated in completely different jurisdictions, select the target counties first, then choose the corresponding cities from the nested lists.
  • To pick multiple target counties and/or specific reporting agencies simultaneously, press and hold down the Ctrl key, then left-click on your additional selections.
  • A distinct blue tracking icon fixed to the base edge of an interface chart indicates that the active data elements are being modified by an upstream filter rule.
  • Expand layout columns or rows to review underlying table values by clicking the standard expand character (+) wherever it displays on screen.

Crime Data FAQs

Select a question below to learn more about how our crime statistics and data dashboards are compiled.

Some counties or law enforcement agencies haven’t submitted data. Most counties are showing, but they will be blank if they haven’t submitted any data. As of March 2022, we have received data from 25 counties and 127 law enforcement agencies.

Data comes from local law enforcement agencies in Utah participating in the National Incident Based Reporting System, or NIBRS. Law enforcement agencies will not be included in the charts if they haven’t reported data.

The federal government created the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, which:

  • Is a national program.
  • Includes generic and uniform crime definitions.
  • Compares data across political boundaries.
  • Generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement.
  • Provides information for students of criminal justice, researchers, the media, and the public.
  • Has been providing crime statistics since 1930.
  • Includes data from more than 18,000 city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies.
  • Allows you to see national data at the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer website.

NIBRS, the National Incident-Based Reporting System, is the type of reporting and it:

  • Improves the overall quality of crime data collected by law enforcement.
  • Uses computerized data systems to collect details about the offenses, victims, offenders, property, and arrests involved in each crime incident.
  • Gathers more detailed data than the traditional summary reporting program.
  • Makes possible the analysis of various aspects of the crime which is occurring in our society.
  • Provides law enforcement administrators, elected officials, and other planners and policymakers with the precise information they need.

There is not a specific “Domestic Violence” offense in the Uniform Crime Reporting program. However, data is available based on the relationship information found in NIBRS between victims and offenders.

The dashboard reflects the most recent five years worth of data to give you an idea of crime trends. To view previous years, visit our historical Crime in Utah page, where reports are available in PDF format.

There is always at least a one-month validation period, sometimes two.

Group A offenses are all the crime offenses that are reportable in NIBRS. Group B arrests are arrests for offenses that may only be reported when an arrest is made. For example, DUI is not a Group A offense, but a Group B arrest and we only get those counts when an arrest has been made.

Sure! Here are some examples of Group A and Group B offenses.

Group A Offenses

Detailed incident data is collected for these offenses. Examples include:

  • Arson
  • Assault Offenses
  • Burglary
  • Drug/Narcotic Offenses
  • Fraud Offenses
  • Homicide Offenses
  • Kidnapping/Abduction
  • Larceny/Theft Offenses
  • Motor Vehicle Theft
  • Robbery
  • Sex Offenses
  • Weapon Law Violations

Group B Offenses

Only arrest data is submitted for these offenses. Examples include:

  • Bad Checks
  • Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations
  • Disorderly Conduct
  • DUI (Driving Under the Influence)
  • Drunkenness
  • Family Offenses (Non-violent)
  • Liquor Law Violations
  • Peeping Tom
  • Trespass

The data shown in the dashboard is only as good as the data the state receives from our local law enforcement partners. When an agency(s) does not report or does not report in a timely manner, it may limit the data sets available.