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

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz has 11% less violent crime than Salt Lake City.
- Santa Cruz has 22% less property crime than Salt Lake City.
 Salt Lake City, UTSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock38.222.7
 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 Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  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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