Henderson, NV has a C safety grade (58/100) with a violent crime rate of 272 per 100,000, 23% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · very large city
Henderson, NV Crime Rate & Safety
At 343,619 residents, Henderson is a very large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against NV and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Henderson, NV carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 23% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Henderson, NV shows violent crime at 272.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,715 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 23% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
272.4/100K violent
1715/100K property
-23% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Henderson, NV
Comparable rate records
Henderson's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Nevada cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Henderson's 272.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fallon (207.0), Boulder City (182.4), North Las Vegas (388.9), Sparks (394.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 208.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 272.4 in 2024 (+30.5%). The highest observed value was 298.5 in 2022 and the lowest 208.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Henderson sits mid-pack among comparable Nevada cities
At 272.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Henderson ranks 8 of 11 — above 3 of the 10 other Nevada cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -31.2% against the cohort median of 396.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 13.7% of the 6,829 Part I offenses reported in Henderson for 2024, against a median of 17.2% across comparable Nevada cities — a gap of 3.5 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Henderson's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
On a very large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Henderson's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 121 Census sq mi, Henderson logged 48.7 property and 7.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Henderson leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,771.
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (121 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-16.9%
2064.6 → 1715/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-7.3%
293.7 → 272.4/100K
Property offenses lead Henderson's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NV
Property Crime
5,893
1715
2226.3
Larceny-Theft
3,870
1126.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1,245
362.3
-
Burglary
778
226.4
-
Arson
33
9.6
-
Violent Crime
936
272.4
406.6
Aggravated Assault
641
186.5
-
Robbery
180
52.4
-
Rape
107
31.1
-
Murder
8
2.3
-
Henderson Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Henderson property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Henderson Police Department
Reporting agency for Henderson NIBRS-participating
Henderson Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Henderson's 6,829 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Nevada
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Nevada cities closest to Henderson in population. Their populations run from 8,216 to 293,100, against 343,619 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Henderson reported 936 violent crimes and 5,893 property crimes, for a total of 6,829 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Henderson?
From 2023 to 2024, Henderson's violent crime rate decreased by 7.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 16.9%.
What is the most common crime in Henderson?
The most common crime type in Henderson is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.7% of all reported crimes (3,870 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Henderson's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (very large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Henderson, NV rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.