West Valley City, Utah Crime Risk Score
West Valley City, Utah has an 8.6 / 10 crime risk score from PerilScore v4 data.
Computed from decades of public weather data using physics-based probability modeling.
- Risk Score (0-10)
- 8.6
- Historical Events
- No data
- Avg Return Period
- No data
- Data Confidence
- 90%
in the record
years between events
West Valley City, Utah has an 8.6 / 10 crime risk score, which falls in the very high band and is in the 100th percentile among scored local areas in this model. The score was snapshotted on 2026-06-17 with 90% model confidence.
What drives this score here?
violent crime rate is the largest V4 contributor from registered local hazard drivers. For this location, the score card also highlights these model signals:
- Violent rate: 949
- Property rate: 8908
- Offense rate: 21136
- Credibility: 1.00
The strongest component metrics in the snapshot are:
- Violent Crime Rate: model component 0.320. The raw value is 948.6.
- Property Crime Rate: model component 0.200. The raw value is 8908.5.
- Total Offense Rate: model component 0.180. The raw value is 21136.1.
For crime exposure, the useful signals are violent rate, property rate, total offense rate, severity, frequency, and reporting credibility. This snapshot shows violent crime at 949 per 100k and property crime at 8908 per 100k.
How to read the location signal
This page uses the representative local model area around the major city centroid for West Valley City, Utah. That local model area is roughly 5 square kilometers, so the score is a practical place-level signal for browsing and comparison. The building-level view comes from entering a street address.
West Valley City is included as a major Census place, which helps readers compare the local score with county and ZIP pages nearby.
The model confidence is high enough for direct local comparison across nearby pages.
The source record for this page is: PerilScore local FBI CDE participation-adjusted crime local model feature table
Why building details matter
A street-address score can account for the unique characteristics of a specific building, including age, construction type, roof shape and condition, occupancy, elevation, defensible space, drainage, terrain, and nearby exposure. Those details can change resilience or susceptibility around the same location-level score.
Use this city page when you want a recognizable local reference point for comparing nearby ZIPs and counties. Since the percentile is elevated, it is worth comparing nearby pages before relying on the area score alone.
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The local score is the starting point
A specific building can perform differently from the surrounding area. The PerilScore street-address check adds building age, construction type, roof details, occupancy, elevation, defensible space, drainage, terrain, and nearby exposure to the crime layer shown here.
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