With a crime rate of 33 per one thousand residents, Harrisville has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 30. Within Utah, more than 94% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Harrisville.

Importantly, when you compare Harrisville to other communities of similar population, then Harrisville crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Harrisville does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Harrisville does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Harrisville.

For Harrisville, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Harrisville than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1375, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Harrisville is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Harrisville, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 31, which is a rate of 33 per one thousand population.