Photo: Meridethmyers · Public domainNorth Las Vegas records more violent crime per head than 77% of U.S. towns
For every 1,000 residents, 3.4 violent crimes and 18.8 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Nevada, the figures are 4.2 and 24.8. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crimes North Las Vegas’ police reported through 2023 to 2025: #6 of 11 graded towns in Nevada, and #124 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
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 North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Nevada towns on North Las Vegas’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Las Vegas (D). Sunrise Manor and Nellis AFB are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Nevada towns, closer to the middle
Nevada’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so North Las Vegas’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 45% of the 11 Nevada towns we grade, against 24% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
North Las Vegas’ police reported 22 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 8.8 per 100,000 residents a year, 1.5 times the rest of Nevada (5.7) and 1.5 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 1.5 times the rest of Nevada
101 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (296 reported in 2025), 1.5 times the rest of Nevada (66.3) and above 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, North Las Vegas reports less crime per resident than 62% (#124). Places like it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North 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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | North Las Vegas | Rest of Nevada | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 11.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | North Las Vegas | Rest of Nevada | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 128 | 92.5 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 92.2 | 77.3 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 112 | 64.6 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 97.7 | 57.1 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
North Las Vegas’ police reported 22 homicides, 296 robberies and 1,076 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.
Crime in North 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | North Las Vegas property | Rest of Nevada property | North Las Vegas violent | Rest of Nevada violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.7 | 26.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 20.8 | 28.0 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 16.0 | 22.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Nevada.
5,913 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.
1,076 violent and 4,837 property, as reported to the FBI by North Las Vegas’ police.
137 people died in crashes on North Las Vegas’s roads in 2019–2023
North Las Vegas had 119 fatal crashes in five years, in which 137 people died; 28 were pedestrians and 6 were cyclists. 22 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Nevada towns of 100,000+ people (8.6, 9 towns).
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.
North Las Vegas and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Las Vegas | C− | 3.4 | 18.8 |
| Las Vegas | D | 4.4 | 27.0 |
| Sunrise Manor | — | — | — |
| Nellis AFB | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sunrise Manor and Nellis AFB are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Nevada towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Las Vegas | C− | 3.4 | 18.8 |
| Henderson | C | 2.6 | 17.5 |
| Reno | D | 5.6 | 24.6 |
The five graded Nevada towns closest to North Las Vegas’ population (296,653), 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 North 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 North Las Vegas’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (302,881 in 2025); our figure for North Las Vegas is 296,653 (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 North Las Vegas
Is North Las Vegas, NV safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Las Vegas reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #6 of 11 in Nevada. Its police reported 3.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the rest of Nevada and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in North Las Vegas?
3.4 violent and 18.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Nevada reports 4.2 and 24.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in North Las Vegas in 2025?
North Las Vegas’s police reported 22 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is North Las Vegas safer than Las Vegas?
Las Vegas reports more crime per resident than North Las Vegas: Las Vegas grades D for safety and North Las Vegas C−. Las Vegas’s police reported 4.4 violent and 27.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Las Vegas?
North Las Vegas’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Las Vegas”. 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.