[af_vet_1981]

The city of Salt Lake City is the least LDS in the State of Utah (only about 50% or so now). If one compares Utah to the US as a whole, the crime rates are slightly better:

UTAH VIOLENT CRIMES
POPULATION: 3,101,833
MURDER	RAPE	ROBBERY	ASSAULT
Report Total	73	1,697	1,468	4,172
Rate per 1,000	0.02	0.55	0.47	1.35

UNITED STATES VIOLENT CRIMES
POPULATION: 325,719,178
MURDER	RAPE	ROBBERY	ASSAULT
Report Total	17,284	135,755	319,356	810,825
Rate per 1,000	0.05	0.42	0.98	2.49

[Elsie]

SLIGHTLY?

With the state being about 62% Mormon; it should be a HELL of a lot 'better'!