Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Elko, NV Crime Grade
How Elko 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Nevada
7/10
vs. Nevada cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Elko, NV was 359.0 per 100,000 residents (75 incidents over a population of 20,889). That puts Elko 10% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 4% below the Nevada statewide rate of 372.8.
That ranks Elko #2,880 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 24% of them, and #5 of 8 in Nevada. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 18% over the last five years.
Elko, NV crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Nevada Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 359.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,880 of 3,771
- NV rank
- #5 of 8
- Safer than
- 24% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 18%
- Population
- 20,889
- Reporting agency
- Elko Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Elko Police Department (FBI ORI NV0040100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Elko, NV
Also known as
- Ballous Addition
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. Elko (red), Nevada (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Elko 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 | 438.3(91) | 464.6(96) | 527.5(110) | 397.9(83) | 359.0(75) |
| Murder | 14.5(3) | 4.8(1) | 4.8(1) | 9.6(2) | 9.6(2) |
| Rape | 81.9(17) | 77.4(16) | 124.7(26) | 91.1(19) | 91.0(19) |
| Robbery | 77.1(16) | 48.4(10) | 52.7(11) | 19.2(4) | 28.7(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 264.9(55) | 333.9(69) | 345.3(72) | 278.0(58) | 229.8(48) |
| Property crime | 2842.0(590) | 1935.7(400) | 1716.7(358) | 1457.3(304) | 943.1(197) |
| Burglary | 501.0(104) | 343.6(71) | 330.9(69) | 273.2(57) | 138.8(29) |
| Larceny | 1955.7(406) | 1277.6(264) | 1040.6(217) | 963.5(201) | 727.7(152) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 361.3(75) | 304.9(63) | 316.5(66) | 201.3(42) | 71.8(15) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Elko, 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 Elko 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 Elko calculated?
- Elko'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 Elko 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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