Crime Grade · Nevada
Safest Cities in Nevada
8 reporting Nevada cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
State median violent crime rate: 359.0 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.
| Rank | City | Population | Violent / 100k | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesquite | 24,413 | 118.8 | A1/10 |
| 2 | Boulder City | 15,062 | 146.1 | A2/10 |
| 3 | Henderson | 358,366 | 226.3 | A3/10 |
| 4 | North Las Vegas | 302,881 | 339.7 | B4/10 |
| 5 | Elko | 20,889 | 359.0 | B4/10 |
| 6 | Sparks | 112,191 | 361.0 | B5/10 |
| 7 | Las Vegas Metropolitan | 1,712,136 | 399.6 | B5/10 |
| 8 | Reno | 286,060 | 546.4 | C6/10 |
About this ranking
Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.