Reno, NV crime rate
In 2025 the Reno Police Department reported 550.6 violent crimes and 2,347.1 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. 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
Data notes.
- Arson, 2021: possibly incomplete. 21 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Mar, Sep, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 38 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Reno compare with Nevada and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Reno only.
What offenses were reported in Reno, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Nevada | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,575 | 550.6 | 379.2 | 327.6 | up 4.1% | down 5.9% |
| Murder | 14 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | down 41.0% | down 27.9% |
| Rape | 170 | 59.4 | 51.9 | 36.1 | down 15.6% | down 30.9% |
| Robbery | 292 | 102.1 | 56.2 | 49.4 | up 8.0% | down 10.5% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,099 | 384.2 | 266.3 | 238.0 | up 8.0% | up 1.6% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 6,714 | 2,347.1 | 1,996.0 | 1,534.8 | down 5.7% | down 20.9% |
| Burglary | 847 | 296.1 | 311.5 | 193.6 | down 6.9% | down 38.5% |
| Larceny-theft | 5,014 | 1,752.8 | 1,288.0 | 1,144.1 | down 2.2% | down 10.5% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 835 | 291.9 | 396.5 | 197.0 | down 21.9% | down 44.1% |
| Arson | 18 | 6.3 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 16.7% | See data note |
Reported = offenses known to the Reno 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 | Reno | United States | Nevada |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 585.0 | 387.0 | 432.0 |
| 2022 | 609.5 | 388.7 | 459.3 |
| 2023 | 594.3 | 379.5 | 433.7 |
| 2024 | 528.9 | 362.9 | 407.9 |
| 2025 | 550.6 | 327.6 | 379.2 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Reno | United States | Nevada |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,968.6 | 1,832.3 | 2,232.3 |
| 2022 | 2,649.5 | 1,973.8 | 2,398.7 |
| 2023 | 2,650.5 | 1,934.1 | 2,539.6 |
| 2024 | 2,489.3 | 1,761.1 | 2,215.4 |
| 2025 | 2,347.1 | 1,534.8 | 1,996.0 |
Is Reno safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Reno Police Department reported, 550.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Nevada's 379.2, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 4.1% 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.
The Reno figures reported to the FBI for 2025 include 1,575 violent crimes, 550.6 per 100,000 residents covered by the Reno Police Department. The Nevada estimate was 379.2 and the US rate 327.6, putting Reno at 1.5 and 1.7 times those figures. Property crime, 2,347.1 per 100,000, was 1.2 times the state figure of 1,996.0 and 1.5 times the US figure of 1,534.8.
Violent crime rose 4.1% from 2024 to 2025. Measured from 2021, when it stood at 585.0, violent crime is down 5.9%. Property crime has fallen 20.9% since 2021 and 5.7% since 2024.
Of the violent offenses, rape fell the most from 2021 to 2025, 30.9%, to 59.4 per 100,000. Aggravated assault rose 1.6% from 2021 and 8.0% from 2024; it accounted for 70% of violent crime in 2025. Murder came to 4.9 per 100,000, 14 homicides, down 41.0% from 2024.
Motor vehicle theft fell 44.1% since 2021, to 291.9 per 100,000, which was lower than the Nevada estimate of 396.5. Burglary is down 38.5% from 2021. The 2021 arson count is flagged as possibly incomplete because some months came in as zero, so arson trends are not described.
Every month of the 5 years shown was reported, and NIBRS reporting began in 2019. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office, the Reno Tahoe Airport Authority and University of Nevada, Reno police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.48 per 1,000 residents (336 officers, 88 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, Reno Police Department (ORI NV0160100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 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)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NV0160100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Reno Police Department (NV0160100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NV0160100__from-2021-to-2025.json)