Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Las Vegas Metropolitan, NV Crime Grade
How Las Vegas Metropolitan 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Nevada
8/10
vs. Nevada cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Las Vegas Metropolitan, NV was 399.6 per 100,000 residents (6,841 incidents over a population of 1,712,136). That puts Las Vegas Metropolitan Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 7% above the Nevada statewide rate of 372.8.
That ranks Las Vegas Metropolitan #3,022 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #7 of 8 in Nevada. Violent crime is down 8% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
Las Vegas Metropolitan, NV crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Nevada Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 399.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,022 of 3,771
- NV rank
- #7 of 8
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 8%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 1,712,136
- Reporting agency
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (FBI ORI NV0020100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Las Vegas Metropolitan (red), Nevada (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Las Vegas Metropolitan 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 | 478.3(8,059) | 518.8(8,654) | 472.9(7,898) | 432.9(7,431) | 399.6(6,841) |
| Murder | 9.5(160) | 8.9(148) | 8.5(142) | 6.5(112) | 5.0(86) |
| Rape | 62.8(1,058) | 65.2(1,088) | 51.9(867) | 53.5(919) | 53.4(914) |
| Robbery | 82.7(1,394) | 97.4(1,624) | 77.4(1,292) | 65.1(1,117) | 52.4(898) |
| Aggravated assault | 323.3(5,447) | 347.4(5,794) | 335.1(5,597) | 307.8(5,283) | 288.7(4,943) |
| Property crime | 2566.3(43,243) | 2935.8(48,968) | 3100.8(51,791) | 2641.5(45,343) | 2370.5(40,586) |
| Burglary | 476.3(8,025) | 564.6(9,417) | 528.4(8,826) | 464.9(7,980) | 395.2(6,766) |
| Larceny | 1552.4(26,159) | 1724.4(28,762) | 1685.6(28,153) | 1567.5(26,908) | 1464.5(25,075) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 527.3(8,885) | 637.8(10,639) | 876.9(14,647) | 597.6(10,259) | 500.5(8,569) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Las Vegas Metropolitan, 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 Las Vegas Metropolitan 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 Las Vegas Metropolitan calculated?
- Las Vegas Metropolitan'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 Las Vegas Metropolitan 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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