Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Boulder City, NV Crime Grade
How Boulder City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Nevada — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Nevada
2/10
vs. Nevada cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Boulder City, NV was 146.1 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 15,062). That puts Boulder City 55% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 61% below the Nevada statewide rate of 372.8.
That ranks Boulder City #1,592 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #2 of 8 in Nevada. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Boulder City, NV crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Nevada Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 146.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,592 of 3,771
- NV rank
- #2 of 8
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 15,062
- Reporting agency
- Boulder City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Boulder City Police Department (FBI ORI NV0020400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Boulder City, NV
Also known as
- Adaven
- Wilbur
- Hidam
- Hoover City
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Boulder City (red), Nevada (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Boulder City vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 169.1(28) | 67.3(10) | 174.7(26) | 182.4(27) | 146.1(22) |
| Murder | 6.0(1) | 6.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 30.2(5) | 13.5(2) | 13.4(2) | 47.3(7) | 26.6(4) |
| Robbery | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 27.0(4) | 6.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 126.8(21) | 47.1(7) | 161.3(24) | 108.1(16) | 112.9(17) |
| Property crime | 954.3(158) | 1077.6(160) | 927.3(138) | 736.5(109) | 803.3(121) |
| Burglary | 211.4(35) | 208.8(31) | 215.0(32) | 114.9(17) | 146.1(22) |
| Larceny | 579.9(96) | 720.6(107) | 571.2(85) | 540.5(80) | 491.3(74) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 157.0(26) | 148.2(22) | 127.7(19) | 74.3(11) | 132.8(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Boulder City, NV Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Boulder City Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Boulder City calculated?
- Boulder City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Nevada state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Nevada cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Boulder City Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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