Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
North Las Vegas, NV Crime Grade
How North Las Vegas 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
5/10
vs. Nevada cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in North Las Vegas, NV was 339.7 per 100,000 residents (1,029 incidents over a population of 302,881). That puts North Las Vegas Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 9% below the Nevada statewide rate of 372.8.
That ranks North Las Vegas #2,793 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #4 of 8 in Nevada. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 18% over the last five years.
North Las Vegas, NV crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Nevada Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 339.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,793 of 3,771
- NV rank
- #4 of 8
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 18%
- Population
- 302,881
- Reporting agency
- North Las Vegas Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by North Las Vegas Police Department (FBI ORI NV0020200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About North Las Vegas, NV
Also known as
- Vegas Verdi
- Vegas Verdes
Location
From "Southern Nevada Place Names": The city which adjoins Las Vegas on the northeast. it was founded by Thomas Williams in 1919. The name was Vegas Verdes (green meadows) from July 23, 1932, until the North Las Vegas post office was established on Oct. 1, 1932.
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. North Las Vegas (red), Nevada (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
North Las Vegas 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 | 415.3(1,100) | 429.6(1,222) | 455.7(1,325) | 395.8(1,160) | 339.7(1,029) |
| Murder | 10.2(27) | 8.8(25) | 10.0(29) | 12.6(37) | 6.9(21) |
| Rape | 44.5(118) | 48.2(137) | 34.7(101) | 35.1(103) | 22.8(69) |
| Robbery | 133.3(353) | 130.8(372) | 137.6(400) | 112.9(331) | 93.4(283) |
| Aggravated assault | 227.3(602) | 241.9(688) | 273.4(795) | 235.1(689) | 216.6(656) |
| Property crime | 1812.5(4,801) | 1836.7(5,224) | 2367.7(6,884) | 1988.1(5,827) | 1545.2(4,680) |
| Burglary | 402.5(1,066) | 297.1(845) | 302.7(880) | 334.0(979) | 183.2(555) |
| Larceny | 902.3(2,390) | 880.7(2,505) | 946.2(2,751) | 939.6(2,754) | 846.2(2,563) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 496.5(1,315) | 648.3(1,844) | 1110.6(3,229) | 701.1(2,055) | 505.1(1,530) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the North Las Vegas, 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 North Las Vegas 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 North Las Vegas calculated?
- North Las Vegas'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 North Las Vegas 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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