Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Henderson, NV Crime Grade
How Henderson 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Nevada
4/10
vs. Nevada cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Henderson, NV was 226.3 per 100,000 residents (811 incidents over a population of 358,366). That puts Henderson Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 39% below the Nevada statewide rate of 372.8.
That ranks Henderson #2,233 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 41% of them, and #3 of 8 in Nevada. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 1% over the last five years.
Henderson, NV crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Nevada Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 226.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,233 of 3,771
- NV rank
- #3 of 8
- Safer than
- 41% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 1%
- Population
- 358,366
- Reporting agency
- Henderson Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Henderson Police Department (FBI ORI NV0020300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Henderson, NV
Also known as
- Midway City
- Jericho Heights
- Pittman
- Basic
Location
From "Southern Nevada Place Names": The original townsite at present Pittman. B. R. Jefferson, one of the locators of the Three Kids mine, invested in a ranch which he decided to subdivide and call Jericho Heights.
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. Henderson (red), Nevada (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Henderson 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 | 229.1(773) | 298.5(971) | 294.0(993) | 271.2(932) | 226.3(811) |
| Murder | 3.9(13) | 1.2(4) | 3.0(10) | 2.3(8) | 2.0(7) |
| Rape | 27.0(91) | 29.5(96) | 26.6(90) | 30.6(105) | 32.1(115) |
| Robbery | 44.8(151) | 71.6(233) | 60.1(203) | 52.4(180) | 48.0(172) |
| Aggravated assault | 153.5(518) | 196.1(638) | 204.3(690) | 186.0(639) | 144.3(517) |
| Property crime | 1666.4(5,622) | 1933.1(6,289) | 2064.6(6,974) | 1725.7(5,930) | 1500.4(5,377) |
| Burglary | 240.7(812) | 292.9(953) | 245.7(830) | 226.4(778) | 207.3(743) |
| Larceny | 1180.3(3,982) | 1358.0(4,418) | 1302.9(4,401) | 1126.2(3,870) | 1018.5(3,650) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 234.2(790) | 268.0(872) | 506.8(1,712) | 363.2(1,248) | 269.0(964) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Henderson, 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 Henderson 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 Henderson calculated?
- Henderson'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 Henderson 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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