CrimeMetric

Crime in Nevada

Major crime across Nevada is 24% above the U.S. rate per resident: 12% higher for persons crimes and 26% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 12.1% from a year earlier. Of the 1 place below, 1 is more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
124
24% above the U.S. rate
down 12.1% in a year
Persons crimes
112
12% above the U.S. rate
down 8.8% in a year
Property crimes
126
26% above the U.S. rate
down 12.8% in a year
Social disorder
137
37% above the U.S. rate
down 9.2% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in Nevada, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

PlaceIndexAgainst Nevada
Las Vegas14114% higher

The largest places in Nevada that we publish so far, largest first. More are added in batches.

Crime by type

Motor vehicle theft and simple assault are highest, at about 1.7 times the U.S. rate

Every block group in Nevada, including towns and unincorporated areas, against the U.S. rate per resident.

Persons crimes

Rape / sexual assault160
Murder117
Aggravated assault106
Robbery106

Property crimes

Motor vehicle theft170
Burglary151
Theft from vehicle121
Shoplifting119
Other larceny112

Social disorder

Simple assault170
Weapons violations139
Disorderly conduct139
Trespassing139
Vandalism130
Drugs and alcohol119
Intimidation79

How crime varies across Nevada

Share of Nevada residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5037.2%
  • 50–10028.5%
  • 100–20021.4%
  • 200–4008.7%
  • 400+4.2%

99.6% of Nevada residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI. Data sources

1,963 block groups and 3,323,670 residents. How the estimates are made