Is Salt Lake City really one of the most dangerous cities in the country?

[@Itzz_sky88]

SLC is dangerously expensive and almost completely unaffordable for the middle class to buy a house anymore. Crime? Sure there’s lots of it, whatever we gotta say to make people stop moving here. Very scary.

[@SJT81]

Exactly

[@ProfessorOfChaos]

100% agree

[@AngelloDelNorte]

A few years ago, a house that I lived in went for 1400$ in SLC while being 700 sq. Utah was always expensive, but now it is way more.

[@vinnie8495]

Sounds like Tampa Florida

[@wasatchm]

I've been saying for quite a few years now that in 20-30 years ALL OUR BIG CITIES will have crime running rampant and will be uninhabitable for most. we've imported so many illegal criminal gangs in the last decade (especially last 4 years) that once they start breeding and multiplying we will be in a lot of trouble. and if we are somehow able to still keep our big cities safe in 30 years, we'll be paying taxes up the wazzu to fight all types of crime.

[@nunnaurbiznez8815]

This is due to a loss of affordable housing. Every property owner seems to think that rent should make them rich. Taking away affordable housing kills cities.

[@aaron5222]

Cost of mortgage, insurance, saving for repairs and maintenance then hopefully having something to take him and make money. Renting will always be way more then paying mortgage.

[@hugobautista1086]

@@aaron5222 many of these houses are way old and were paid long ago, so your greed will have consequences, like we see now, high crime

[@jonnym4670]

yea i know i left in 2011 you could get a place for $800 A month since then they have doubled or more but the wages sure haven't

[@royrogers3133]

@@hugobautista1086old buildings cost more to maintain.

[@firemarshal2629]

Yea taking away section 8 housing kills cities. Everyone knows a thriving ghetto is what builds cities. Everyone wants to live and play next to the hood.

[@chuckiesrus1399]

Worse than Houston? Lol what a joke

[@WifeWantsAWizard]

Salt Lake City isn't dangerous because of the crime; it's dangerous because of the airborne arsenic.

[@CesarGonzalez0981]

I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah from summer of 2017 to summer of 2018. I really enjoyed living in Salt Lake City. It’s beautiful, clean, and nice people. That being said, I always felt safe walking in Salt Lake City compared to LA. I lived in the avenues and worked at the city creek center and never had any issues or felt threatened when walking to work or back home via foot. I really wanted to stay in SLC permanently but the reason I moved back to LA is because I got diagnosed with thyroid cancer and I didn’t have a support system (family and friends). All my support system is in Los Angeles but I miss Salt Lake City so much. If I were healthy and didn’t need a support system I would definitely move back in a heartbeat.

[@waspwrap1235]

Their crime rate is 80.22 per 100,000 residents. How can so many people feel safe with those kind of numbers? You have a one and 12 chance of being a victim of any crime in Salt Lake City. That’s 245% higher than the national average, and 221% higher than Utah’s state wide average.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

I hope you're better now Cesar 💜

[@albertchang108]

Same. As an LA native strolling SLC is nothing compared to say, the wrong neighborhood in dtla.

[@kyussabbaththevoid611]

I can guarantee the people that commenting on a positive note DO NOT work a minimum wage job or 2. In Salt Lake. and have to live By North Temple, Glendale or better yet anywhere near that area!! I also can almost GUARANTEE only time spent on north temple was waiting in line at the Red iguana. Then back in there tesla to Sugarhouse😢 the Aves, Cottonwood heights, or there Locked down Luxury Condos. I challenge ANY PERSON to work a minimum wage job in Salt Lake and find an ok safe place to live!!! IT WILL NOT AND CANNOT HAPPEN!!! even with 2 or 3 jobs working minimum wage in Salt Lake a person will spend almost every cent they make on rent!! and be surrounded by Drug Addicts tripping over needles , dodging mentaly insane people on Trax while heading to work at some chain coffee shop now built in sugarhouse to serve the once blue-collar affordable town that is now another concrete jungle for the upperclass yuppies to congregate and make plans for what town they can destroy next and build yet another BIG APARTMENT complex. Truth is all this is, Truth We all loved the old Sugarhouse and for those who grew up there and stayed without being pushed out or bought out much love...

[@CesarGonzalez0981]

@CONSPIRACY_TRUTH who said anything about me being a liberal? You don’t know me and you are already putting labels on me?

[@charlesmclean6277]

Wow… Salt Lake City is probably one of the most safest places in the United States. I’m from New Orlean And I have lived in Memphis for several years. But living here in Salt Lake City for the past several years, I don’t have to worry about getting carjacked, robbed, assaulted, or murdered. I have walked and biked just about everywhere downtown in the daytime and at night, and I’ve never once felt my life was in danger. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@rushrush1209]

That's ridiculous. Salt Lake City isn't close to as dangerous as St. Louis.

[@NVhoops8014]

@JustAGuyVideoTapingCatsY’all are clueless majority of you don’t have clue of what goes on in this city …

[@grey5751]

i moved from idaho to STL a few years back, passed through SLC on a bus ride with about an hour wait between. while there, i watched some kid with a machete walk around, eventually walk up to someone else, and they talked until that person handed the kid a bag before backing away. i suspect it's situations like this that would make either city appear a less pleasant place to stay. moving back to TN soon, hope this red state doesn't fail me, too.

[@DavesW]

How’d we get worse than Houston?! 😂

[@SJT81]

Mainstream media dude😂

[@Erik-cx7yf]

Yep Houston is awful. Had my truck stolen 6 months after moving from SLC. My friend got held at gunpoint in broad day light in the Memorial area. Never had a problem whatsoever in SLC.

[@AngelloDelNorte]

Dang it. those Mormon with their driveby s*ootouts and gang violence I'll tell you. LDS mormon crips from the west side and LDS mormon Bloodz from the East have been having an intense conflict with each other. Parents are warned to stay with their children strictly and don't go out after 7 pm. The mormon are making the hood like a warlike zone!

[@R.Oates7902]

​@@Erik-cx7yf I felt safe in Salt Lake. I was never a victim of a crime. I walked everywhere! It was safe to be out at night on the East Side. Sorry you were robbed! Houston sounds like a nightmare!

[@bradjennings8714]

That cop is spinning the truth like a politician.

[@sethjaffe9095]

I used to live in the avenues and there were multiple break in attempts at my apartment. I've also had someone attempt to carjack me in SLC near Sonic on 1300s and the sketchy gas station across from it.

[@JazzyUte]

Love Sonic's drinks.

[@R.Oates7902]

Wow! I'm happy you're ok, otherwise. I felt safe when I lived there.

[@hugobautista1086]

you are right, I'm undercovered woman. I had to pick my car near that area, 2 years ago, my boyfriend told me I'll pay for your uber, trax was not coming in sandy forever, i got to my destination around sunset a car was following me twice

[@danrhone9756]

My car was broken into while I worked at LDS Hospital. It was not pleasant

[@andrewo5296]

More patrol police writing traffic tickets doesn't really combat crime, nor does Ogden's "Point System"

[@ethanstump]

Sorry to tell you, but that's what most cops do, no matter what part of the country your in. They protect and serve the state, not you. Uvalde taught me that.

[@teddysmith1952]

Nonsense. I'm 71 and was born and raised in Los Angeles county in the 50's thru 1991 when my company relocated to North Salt Lake. I have been living in Layton Utah for 32 years now. In terms of violent crimes, LA and most most large cities are ten timed more dangerous than SLC. Don't let this statistic fool you.

[@philipwankier9179]

Labeling salt lake city one of the more dangerous cities in the u.s. is a joke. Anywhere worth even walking around to is generally pretty safe. Stuff happens, just like in every other city, but I feel more comfortable walking around in Salt Lake city than I do in ogden ut. 😂

[@ethanstump]

Even in Ogden, as long as your prepared and know where to avoid, you should be fine for the most part. Most people are treating things it like it's the Andy Griffith show, that you can leave your door unlocked and everything will be fine.

[@Truthserum7]

I’ve heard there’s lots of hillinillies up in Ogden

[@royrogers3133]

Seems more like a ploy to stop people from moving here and raising the cost of housing. If so I’m all in. The crime is so bad.

[@Scr8ooge]

Drug hub for drugs and more transplants from California

[@CIA_Is_aTerrorist_Orginization]

what do conservatives fleeing from Californian's do that you dislike? genuinely curious

[@jamesfreeman7954]

Yes it's all California transplant fault.

[@wolfsydproductions9082]

The only place I've ever seen with more homeless people is LA. Seriously. Tents line the sidewalks for blocks at a time cuz all the affordable places were torn down for fancy town homes.

[@slime-disease]

Ever been to Portland?

[@jonathanielpringlemaniii]

ever been to: Denver, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, SF, or St Louis?

[@wolfsydproductions9082]

I'm very familiar with western America, but not so much the east. However, I can't say much for Oregon. Like I said, LA has the biggest homeless population that I've personally seen. I really hope there isn't anywhere worse. Knowing that many people are on the street is heartbreaking enough

[@jonnym4670]

thats what i hear i left in 2011 when that wasn't the case we had a few homeless but nothing bad

[@danrhone9756]

It’s starting to be that way because of migration

[@seanjohnson8910]

So scary! Don't move here! You are not safe! Not even in broad daylight!

[@The-Nomads-Life]

It is definitely dangerous, stupidity will get the best of everyone.

[@IgobySensei]

Sure is, pass it on so no more people move here

[@nicholesanderson6348]

Yeah, Utah is TERRIBLE in every way. California is WAY better. Spread the word.

[@Nershy09]

Totally agree! California is the place to go!! Utah is horrible!

[@Ho-opono]

❄️😂💩🤡

[@ProfessorOfChaos]

and don't get me started on the Marmons... they're EVERYWHERE

[@Erik-cx7yf]

Lol this is non sense. Lived in SLC for 13 years. Come to Houston for real crime.

[@NVhoops8014]

Majority of you people that say that are clueless you have no idea what goes on in this city .. lol

[@janjensen7661]

You tryna say slc is dangerous 😂 its foolish asf ​@@NVhoops8014

[@chrish7308]

At least the law still goes after criminals. Imagine living in LA or NYC and you can get in trouble for actually doing something about crime, and criminals have more rights than the victims

[@TruckingToPlease]

I open carry in SLC. Even more so in West Valley and especially Temple. Protect you and yours. Conceal licenses are worth it. Don't be a soft target and repel indignant criminals outright. Know your 2A gun laws and reprocity for crossing into Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado. Remember dead men tell no tales. If they bring the fight to you, finish the job. There and then.

[@SJT81]

100%

[@CIA_Is_aTerrorist_Orginization]

Yuuge target on your back open carrying in public. You lose the element of surprise and give a degenerate time to plan an ambush against you if they want your piece. To each their own

[@superipodmanvik]

Dangerous I'm West Valley? I go jogging at nights and mornings 🌄 nothing happens

[@TruckingToPlease]

@victor fuentes I get harassed 4 times a visit just doing laundry in West Valley.

[@TruckingToPlease]

@VYCanis Majoris Not looking for surprise, but suppression. Note that the military and para-military don't have to conceal. Walk into a room of people holstered within view, Mr Ill-Intent will think twice about going on a spree.

[@DMS1791]

Utahns have guns and criminals know that. Salt Lake City cops arrest criminals and they face time in Utah. So, no. Not even close.

[@hkschubert9938]

Not all Utahns are smart enough to carry guns.

[@liftman3334]

One of the most dangerous thing about SLC is that gawd awful mayor🤬 cater to the homeless and crime will follow

[@t.p.m.414]

Blame everything on the homeless huh???

[@christophermartinez6590]

Now it is with Young Falcon being the real president of Salt Lake City

[@HullTreeCare8]

The way to bring down the crime level is to reform the police by taking away officer discretion make the police officers do their jobs by enforcing the laws at the legislature passes not by deciding if they want to or not because with officer discretion that is what it is right now the officer gets to decide whether he wants to enforce the law or not and that is not the way the job should be handled in my opinion

[@andrewbryner2187]

Ok, prepare to get 15 driving infractions a month.

[@roseprecision]

Carry a gun.

[@Redbikemaster]

I'm a truck driver who's the night in places like Chicago, Oakland, Compton, Stockton, Memphis, Atlanta, and many more. This is a joke. SLC is so much safer than most cities.

[@ramonahunkin7638]

Who does your Statistics? I think you guys got us mixed up with Houston. 😂

[@andrewo5296]

I know right! 😂

[@Truthserum7]

This post alone should show you to never trust the news lol

[@chrisparrish6229]

It was nice when it was mostly Mormon.

[@ethanstump]

Mormon here, your glasses look pretty rose tinted. Just like some look at their childhood with fondness, theirs a lot you either missed at the time or forgot. Or straight up didn't know.

[@jonnym4670]

@@ethanstump it still had it problems but it was nicer then a lot more not saying its because they were Mormon but the city still had space to grow now its filled from agen to prove out to manga and further there used to be a lot of space people didn't have to live on top of each other less drug user a lot less

[@ethanstump]

@@jonnym4670 the thing is, is that it's not so much how much space we have, but how we use it. there's ton's of places all over the country that have way more usable space than utah has, but that usable space is filled with abandoned shopping malls, with blighted parking lots no one uses, and out of business gas stations. as for drug addiction, many of the people who are so "concerned" about it, don't actually want to dig deep into the research about what solves drug addiction, because to them, it's not a problem to be solved, but a sin to be punished. i live in Ogden by the way.

[@coolasset6861]

The eduction system in utah sucks.

[@ProfessorOfChaos]

Build a wall around SLC; nobody gets in, nobody gets out.

[@calgary2800]

Wayward pines

[@MikePoulson-qt1me]

SLC is a terrible city now, aggressive panhandling and crime is horrible. The current Governor is trying to make the city a sanctuary city.

[@gregwoodhouse5423]

And all of this started to happen when this city started to wake up one morning and find itself immersed in liberal policies attitudes ideals and principles you open. Your arms up and said we love you but they slap your hands away and so we love you too cause. We can do anything we want here at least. That's the impression that people are starting to get. That's why you're at that point place on the most desirable cities in the United States to live used to be at the top not anymore and who caused that? Yes liberal policies a liberal mayor liberal police chief and opening your arms up to communities that otherwise would have just bypassed Utah and especially Salt Lake City but. That's not the case anymore you have homelessness. All of the things that are indicative of a city on the decline exists in salt lake now that never existed before and it was brought here by people with. Liberal. From other parts of the united states

[@ethanstump]

You really do believe that only liberal people can be homeless, huh. 😥 I feel for your high school teachers, they must have had a hard time.

[@jonnym4670]

lol utah is not liberal nore do they have liberal policies LOL utah and salt lake are about as red as they get

[@ethanstump]

@@jonnym4670 depends on whether or not you live in one of the downtowns of big cities, or in the suburbs of a small city. but even if your in a big city in utah, your median person is still going to be far more in the center compared to the big cities of liberal states.

[@Monarch-Rainman.]

This is also the worst place to raise a family.

[@teenadeherrera5498]

I will never live anywhere in Salt Lake City again. I grew up there and eventually moved North. Salt Lake City is just a fancy dump. Looks pretty on the outside but underneath is lot of drugs, a lot of crime and homelessness.

[@rogelioarmentasolorzano3848]

SLC sucks!

[@hayden6700]

This video is a joke

[@PheobeKate-1111]

... it's not limited to Salt Lake. The dog den of Ogden should be avoided completely at night, and every single block inbetween.

[@SneakerheadRealtor]

If you are planning on making a move to Utah I am your Utah Real Estate agent ✌🏼

[@Kevin-oc2jb]

Only because of the food. It's awful.

[@FFM115]

The higher the inequality the higher the crime rate. A word to the wise.

[@tylersee190]

The reality of this is more people more crime. Doesn't help kids don't have free places to go youth programs ect.

[@Monarch-Rainman.]

Salt Lake City Utah is BY FAR WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THE WORST CITY THAT I'VE EVER BEEN TO HANDS DOWN. I've been traveling here and there for 22 years. I've been to every single state except for Hawaii. Betty Jean Eadie will tell you that the slightest thing that anyone does effects the world for better or worse.

[@fred-ik3zn]

Welcome California's. New California Utah

[@shawnhuff3920]

Get rid of all the criminals in west valley city and then salt lake city Utah will be safe

[@newt3711]

But that would require west valley police to actually do something

[@shawnhuff3920]

@@newt3711 well yes .... I have a list of criminals who have no respect for society in west valley city Utah and the police pass them by on the street 🤔 I think the police officers are even passing out weapons to the criminals in west valley city Utah 🤔😳

[@Nershy09]

Don't forget Taylorsville & Kearns! So many shootings in those areas! 😢

[@ProfessorOfChaos]

They are members of the church tho...

[@wasatchm]

this property crime probably comes down to a crime of opportunity. longtime utah residents never experiencing crime (or believing it could happen to them) being careless.......leaving their vehicles unlocked, locked their vehicles but leaving expensive items out where would be thieves can see it, leaving their garage door open during the day while they are home, etc. I bet people that move here from las vegas,denver,seattle, phoenix, etc. have no problem taking the neccessary pro-active measures to ensure they aren't victims of property crime or other crimes. I want to know if these crime are disproportionally effecting native utahns. if it is, then you'll know they are usually the ones to blame (at least partially) for the crime occuring.

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

So we'll just focus on what "we" think will freak out the people the most?🤔

[@tovopro]

So who are we gonna believe? Numbers and charts on a piece of paper or spreadsheet? Or the actual Officers patrolling the streets?

[@Monarch-Rainman.]

"How To See And Read The Aura" book

[@Monarch-Rainman.]

My comments carry a lot of weight behind them. More so than Rick Steves and Samantha Brown.

[@psydalone801]

Then I guess Utah natives like myself need to leave because we make less than $4500 a month

[@isourav13]

Me watching from Kensington, Philadelphia 👁️👄👁️

[@moderaterevolution504]

Dumbest thing I have ever heard. This entire county is not dangerous at all. These stats come from high property crime, which we do have, but its not dangerous at all.

[@RooseveltTruong]

Sorry but criminals are non-existent. West Valley doesn’t have any criminals there. All I see is a big hispanic community and high-school kids and families.

[@danwittheplan545]

Your trippin west valley is one of the worst spots besides Magna and south salt lake 🤣

[@Ho-opono]

There is too many racist is in this state 😞

[@RooseveltTruong]

@@Ho-opono I’m American Asian and don’t feel any racism. No one has ever directed any racial slurs or hate towards me or rejected or turned me away for service.

[@Ho-opono]

@@RooseveltTruong lucky for you just because your a minority doesn't mean there isnt racism your experience in this world is not the only experience that matters.

[@SJT81]

​@@Ho-opono 🤦‍♂️

[@KenTheCurator]

don't listen to mike brown

[@Man12354]

I once partied with jethro in Brighams 14th wife’s room.

[@juanwick9290]

It’s all the out of state people

[@CIA_Is_aTerrorist_Orginization]

What do Conservatives who fled from Commiefornia do that you dislike?

[@JonathonPearson-q8u]

I'm glad I don't live here in Utah people are rude I don't know what's going on with people but they need to get their have their butts

[@owps663]

Salt Lib City

[@ninrotladiferencia1845]

Can I help? I need to get a lot of money first tho my tutime cost a ferrary and a house at the capitolio so I can combat the crime from close at where its lmk Mrs president

[@judyrapp238]

The more people that come, the less outdoor

[@t.p.m.414]

No

[@ChristopherPadillo-dl9bw]

great

[@hadesgomez1052]

Sus 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@johnsonbra2004]

Lol

[@anthonymoltisanti1940]

Oh shut up 😂😂

[@jaredwhite489]

Lol