ZIP 84020, Salt Lake County, Utah Crime Risk Score

ZIP 84020, Salt Lake County, Utah has an 8.6 / 10 crime risk score from PerilScore v4 data.

Crime risk score
8.6 / 10
High risk
Confidence 90%
Snapshot 2026-06-17
Computed from decades of public weather data using physics-based probability modeling.
Violent rate
949
Property rate
8908
Offense rate
21136
Credibility
1.00
Risk Score (0-10)
8.6
Historical Events
No data

in the record

Avg Return Period
No data

years between events

Data Confidence
90%

ZIP 84020, Salt Lake County, 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 ZIP code area centroid for ZIP 84020, Salt Lake County, 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.

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 ZIP page when you want a more local read than the county page. Since the percentile is elevated, it is worth comparing nearby pages before relying on the area score alone.

Use the PerilScore app to enter a street address and see the full property-specific score.

Building-level address score

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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About this crime score

What does the crime score mean for ZIP 84020, Salt Lake County, Utah?
The 8.6 / 10 score summarizes long-run crime exposure for the representative local model area at this location’s centroid. It is best used as a local area signal before checking a street address.
Why can nearby buildings have different crime risk?
Building age, construction type, roof details, occupancy, elevation, defensible space, drainage, terrain, and nearby exposure can change resilience or susceptibility at the address level.
How do I get the building-specific score?
Use the free PerilScore app and enter the street address. The full score starts with the crime layer shown here and adds building and surroundings details for that property.

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