Photo: Mike McBey · CC BY 2.0Las Vegas sees more property crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns
The grade is D, built on crimes Las Vegas’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #193 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. The rate the grade counts dropped 21% from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 4.4 violent crimes and 27.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.7 and 19.8 in the rest of Nevada.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NV” is every other Nevada city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Las Vegas
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Nevada towns on Las Vegas’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: North Las Vegas (C−). Winchester, Sunrise Manor, Spring Valley, Summerlin South and Paradise are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Las Vegas’ police reported 91 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 6.5 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of Nevada (5.4) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Nevada
65.4 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (927 reported in 2025), below the rest of Nevada (76.6) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Las Vegas reports less crime per resident than 41% (#193). Places like it ↓
Compared with the rest of Nevada
Las Vegas is home to 21% of Nevada’s residents, so this page compares it with the rest of the state rather than a state total that includes the city itself. Violent crime ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Las Vegas’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
Show as a table
| Year | Las Vegas property | Rest of Nevada property | Las Vegas violent | Rest of Nevada violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.2 | 20.3 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 30.8 | 21.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 26.2 | 20.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 24.0 | 17.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Nevada.
Crime in Las Vegas per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Homicides and robberies
Show as a table
| Year | Las Vegas | Rest of Nevada | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
Show as a table
| Year | Las Vegas | Rest of Nevada | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 97.2 | 94.4 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 77.6 | 80.9 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 64.8 | 76.9 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 54.1 | 72.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Las Vegas’ police reported 91 homicides, 927 robberies and 6,972 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Nevada and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
48,102 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
6,972 violent and 41,130 property, as reported to the FBI by Las Vegas’ police.
83 of the 272 people who died in crashes on Las Vegas’s roads in 2019–2023 were pedestrians
Las Vegas had 259 fatal crashes in five years, in which 272 people died. 5 of those killed were cyclists. 19 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Nevada towns of 100,000+ people (8.6, 9 towns).
Among the 39 U.S. cities of 500,000 or more, Las Vegas has the 11th lowest rate.
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.
Las Vegas and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas | D | 4.4 | 27.0 |
| Winchester | — | — | — |
| Sunrise Manor | — | — | — |
| North Las Vegas | C− | 3.4 | 18.8 |
| Spring Valley | — | — | — |
| Summerlin South | — | — | — |
| Paradise | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Winchester, Sunrise Manor, Spring Valley, Summerlin South and Paradise are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Nevada towns of a similar size
The five graded Nevada towns closest to Las Vegas’ population (679,817), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Las Vegas. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Las Vegas’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,712,136 in 2025); our figure for Las Vegas is 679,817 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Las Vegas
Is Las Vegas, NV safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Las Vegas reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. Its police reported 4.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Nevada and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Las Vegas?
4.4 violent and 27.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Nevada reports 3.7 and 19.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Las Vegas in 2025?
Las Vegas’s police reported 91 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Las Vegas safer than North Las Vegas?
North Las Vegas reports less crime per resident than Las Vegas: North Las Vegas grades C− for safety and Las Vegas D. North Las Vegas’s police reported 3.4 violent and 18.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Las Vegas?
Las Vegas’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.