Las Vegas, NV crime rate
In 2025 the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported 412.5 violent crimes and 2,424.8 property crimes per 100,000 residents in the area it covers (the City of Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County; FBI population 1,712,136). The FBI's estimates for Nevada and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Las Vegas compare with Nevada and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Las Vegas only.
What offenses were reported in Las Vegas, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Nevada | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 7,062 | 412.5 | 379.2 | 327.6 | down 4.9% | down 13.8% |
| Murder | 94 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 | down 15.4% | down 42.7% |
| Rape | 965 | 56.4 | 51.9 | 36.1 | up 4.4% | down 10.3% |
| Robbery | 935 | 54.6 | 56.2 | 49.4 | down 16.1% | down 34.0% |
| Aggravated assault | 5,068 | 296.0 | 266.3 | 238.0 | down 3.9% | down 8.4% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 41,516 | 2,424.8 | 1,996.0 | 1,534.8 | down 8.2% | down 5.5% |
| Burglary | 6,996 | 408.6 | 311.5 | 193.6 | down 12.2% | down 14.2% |
| Larceny-theft | 25,555 | 1,492.6 | 1,288.0 | 1,144.1 | down 4.8% | down 3.9% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 8,784 | 513.0 | 396.5 | 197.0 | down 14.2% | down 2.7% |
| Arson | 181 | 10.6 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 7.0% | up 2.9% |
Reported = offenses known to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and sent to the FBI. Nevada and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Las Vegas | United States | Nevada |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 478.4 | 387.0 | 432.0 |
| 2022 | 519.1 | 388.7 | 459.3 |
| 2023 | 473.0 | 379.5 | 433.7 |
| 2024 | 433.6 | 362.9 | 407.9 |
| 2025 | 412.5 | 327.6 | 379.2 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Las Vegas | United States | Nevada |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,566.3 | 1,832.3 | 2,232.3 |
| 2022 | 2,935.8 | 1,973.8 | 2,398.7 |
| 2023 | 3,101.4 | 1,934.1 | 2,539.6 |
| 2024 | 2,642.4 | 1,761.1 | 2,215.4 |
| 2025 | 2,424.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,996.0 |
Is Las Vegas safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported, 412.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Nevada's 379.2, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 4.9% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Violent crimes reported to the FBI by Las Vegas Metro police came to 7,062 in 2025, or 412.5 per 100,000 residents in the area the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department covers, which includes the City of Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County. That puts the rate at 1.1 times the Nevada estimate of 379.2 and 1.3 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime was 2,424.8 per 100,000, above the state's 1,996.0 and the national 1,534.8.
Measured from 2021, violent crime is down 13.8% and property crime 5.5%. The drop from 2024 to 2025 was 4.9% for violent crime and 8.2% for property crime. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses since 2021, 42.7%, to 5.5 per 100,000, which was 94 homicides.
Rape was the only violent offense to rise in the last year, up 4.4% to 56.4 per 100,000. Burglary fell the most of the property offenses from 2021, 14.2%, and is 2.1 times the US rate at 408.6 per 100,000. Aggravated assault made up 72% of violent crime and larceny-theft 62% of property crime.
All 12 months were reported in each of the 5 years shown; the department moved to NIBRS in 2020. North Las Vegas police and the City of Las Vegas Department of Public Safety report separately, so their cases are not counted here. Las Vegas Metro had 3.59 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.59 per 1,000 residents (3,226 officers, 2,916 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Nevada cities
The nearest Nevada cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (ORI NV0020100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Nevada and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0020100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (NV0020100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 30, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NV0020100__from-2021-to-2025.json)