Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Safety in Fernley, NV: what is reported
No FBI crime figures of its own exist for Fernley for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Fallon (C+), 23 miles away.
The nearest Nevada towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallon | C+ | 23 mi | 1.9 | 13.2 |
| Sparks | C− | 28 mi | 3.8 | 23.7 |
| Reno | D | 35 mi | 5.6 | 24.6 |
| Winnemucca | D | 124 mi | 6.6 | 16.3 |
| Elko | C | 201 mi | 4.3 | 13.6 |
| West Wendover | C− | 282 mi | 6.1 | 15.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Fernley. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fernley.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on Fernley’s roads in 2019–2023
Fernley had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Nevada towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fernley’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fernley’s own rate (4.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Fernley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Fernley
Is Fernley, NV safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fernley. Fernley has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Nevada towns with a grade are Fallon (C+, 23 mi), Sparks (C−, 28 mi), Reno (D, 35 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Fernley.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.