Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Who polices Pahrump, and what they report
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Las Vegas (D), 41 miles away. Pahrump has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Nye County. The Nye County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Pahrump alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Pahrump
Policed by the county
Pahrump is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Nye County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Nye County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Pahrump. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Nevada towns with their own police figures are Las Vegas (D, 41 mi), North Las Vegas (C−, 51 mi), Henderson (C, 56 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pahrump. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Nye County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Nye County without police of their own, which include Pahrump.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Nevada towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas | D | 41 mi | 4.4 | 27.0 |
| North Las Vegas | C− | 51 mi | 3.4 | 18.8 |
| Henderson | C | 56 mi | 2.6 | 17.5 |
| Boulder City | B | 66 mi | 1.7 | 7.9 |
| Mesquite | B | 112 mi | 1.4 | 9.9 |
| Fallon | C+ | 271 mi | 1.9 | 13.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Pahrump. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pahrump.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
24 people died in crashes on Pahrump’s roads in 2019–2023
Pahrump had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists.
That is 10.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Nevada towns of 25,000–100,000 people (10.1, 5 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.
Pahrump 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 Pahrump
Is Pahrump, NV safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Pahrump. The nearest Nevada towns with a grade are Las Vegas (D, 41 mi), North Las Vegas (C−, 51 mi), Henderson (C, 56 mi).
Who polices Pahrump?
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office. Pahrump is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Nye County without police of their own.
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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.