2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Salt Lake City, UT vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 57% less violent crime than Salt Lake City.
- Santa Barbara has 56% less property crime than Salt Lake City.
 Salt Lake City, UTSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock18.222.7
 Property Crime95.4  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Salt Lake City    95 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in the Salt Lake City metro area for almost 10 years, and it has its pros and cons. Pros: -Beautiful mountains - even if you don't go, just look towards  More

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Over 4 years ago

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Over 4 years ago

Salt Lake City feels like home. There are so many things to do and see. There are many families and one thing to look out for is, there are many cranes and high rises  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Salt Lake City, UtahCrime Index
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 Erda, UT11.55
 Emigration Canyon metro, UT11.7
 Riverton, UT14.15
 Herriman, UT14.9
 Granite, UT15.1
 Stansbury Park, UT15.35
 Rush Valley, UT15.55
 Holladay, UT16
 Bluffdale, UT16.3

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