Is Salt Lake City safe?

Depending where your hotel is in Salt Lake City, its about a five to ten minute drive to your hotel. You will bee out of that area in no time. The homeless are there, but not in the main tourist areas, as others have said. read more

Salt Lake City, Utah is known for its wide, clean downtown streets and friendly people, making it a great vacation destination for tourists. However, like all other major cities, there are some areas to avoid in Salt Lake City.Here are some of the safe and dangerous places in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. read more

To be safe, I'd stay away from west of 3rd west in metro salt lake and inbetween 27th south-39th south in south Salt Lake. Those are pretty much the two notorious police zones in the Salt Lake area. As a general rule, east of 11th south is ‘high ground’ and typically just more safe than downtown. read more

Safe Areas in Salt Lake City The University of Utah is considered one of the safe areas in Salt Lake City. Located on Salt Lake City's east bench, this beautiful campus is surrounded by the downtown area and affluent neighborhoods. read more

In cities with 150,000 to 200,000 residents (a pool of 47 cities), Salt Lake City, with about 190,000 residents, had the 14th highest violent crime rate, just below Grand Rapids, Mich. It had the third highest property crime rate, behind Little Rock, Ark. read more

If you want really safe, many (but not all) of Salt Lake City’s suburbs are about as peaceful as you can get. Especially the more established ones, like the suburbs on the benches (northern Provo, Draper, etc.). read more