FBI arson data · 2024
Utah Arson
244 arson offenses were reported by 206 Utah law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.7% of the national total. The most was reported by Salt Lake City Police Department (46).
Utah agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City Police Department | City | Salt Lake County | 46 |
| UT01852 | Unknown | — | 14 |
| Murray Police Department | City | Salt Lake County | 13 |
| Tooele County Sheriff's Office | County | Tooele County | 12 |
| Granite School District | Other | Salt Lake County | 11 |
| Provo Police Department | City | Utah County | 10 |
| Ogden Police Department | City | Weber County | 10 |
| West Jordan Police Department | City | Salt Lake County | 8 |
| Salt Lake County Unified Police Department | County | Salt Lake County | 7 |
| Sandy Police Department | City | Salt Lake County | 6 |
| West Valley Police Department | City | Salt Lake County | 6 |
| Utah Transit Authority | Other | Salt Lake County | 6 |
| Parks and Recreation | Other State Agency | Salt Lake County | 5 |
| Box Elder County Sheriff's Office | County | Box Elder County | 4 |
| Davis County Sheriff's Office | County | Davis County | 4 |
| Layton Police Department | City | Davis County | 4 |
| Duchesne County Sheriff's Office | County | Duchesne County | 4 |
| Draper Police Department | City | Salt Lake County | 4 |
| Lehi Police Department | City | Utah County | 4 |
| Kaysville Police Department | City | Davis County | 3 |
| North Salt Lake Police Department | City | Davis County | 3 |
| Syracuse Police Department | City | Davis County | 3 |
| Millard County Sheriff's Office | County | Millard County | 3 |
| Taylorsville City Police Department | City | Salt Lake County | 3 |
| Herriman | Unknown | — | 3 |
Utah arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Utah arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Utah in 2024?+
244 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 206 Utah law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 59 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Utah?+
Salt Lake City Police Department, with 46 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Salt Lake County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Utah?+
Utah's 244 reported arsons were 0.7% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.