North Las Vegas, NV has a C safety grade (44/100) with a violent crime rate of 389 per 100,000, 10% above the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · very large city
North Las Vegas, NV Crime Rate & Safety
At 293,100 residents, North Las Vegas 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.
North Las Vegas, NV carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 10% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Las Vegas, NV shows violent crime at 388.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,961.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 10% above 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
388.9/100K violent
1961.4/100K property
+10% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Las Vegas, NV
Comparable rate records
North Las Vegas's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Nevada cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Las Vegas's 388.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sparks (394.4), Elko (397.9), Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (429.8), Henderson (272.4). 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 523.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 388.9 in 2024 (-25.7%). The highest observed value was 523.4 in 2020 and the lowest 388.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 47.6% of reported property offenses in North Las Vegas, against a cohort median of 67.3%. The remainder is burglary (959) and motor vehicle theft (2,053). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
North Las Vegas sits mid-pack among comparable Nevada cities
At 388.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Las Vegas ranks 7 of 11 — above 4 of the 10 other Nevada cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -1.8% 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.
Property counts dominate North Las Vegas'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.
North Las Vegas's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 105.4 Census sq mi, North Las Vegas logged 54.6 property and 10.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
North Las Vegas leans on larceny-theft at 40% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,783.
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (105.4 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
-17.2%
2368.3 → 1961.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-14.7%
456.1 → 388.9/100K
Property offenses lead North Las Vegas's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NV
vs US avg
Property Crime
5,749
1961.4
2226.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
2,737
933.8
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2,053
700.4
-
-
Burglary
959
327.2
-
-
Arson
37
12.6
-
-
Violent Crime
1,140
388.9
406.6
352
Aggravated Assault
679
231.7
-
-
Robbery
329
112.2
-
-
Rape
97
33.1
-
-
Murder
35
11.9
-
-
North Las Vegas Crime Trend (2020-2024)
North Las Vegas 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
North Las Vegas Police Department
Reporting agency for North Las Vegas NIBRS-participating
North Las Vegas Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind North Las Vegas's 6,889 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
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North Las Vegas at 388.9/100K violent and 1,961.4/100K property - matched below outside Nevada (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, North Las Vegas reported 1,140 violent crimes and 5,749 property crimes, for a total of 6,889 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Las Vegas?
From 2023 to 2024, North Las Vegas's violent crime rate decreased by 14.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.2%.
What is the most common crime in North Las Vegas?
The most common crime type in North Las Vegas is larceny-theft, accounting for 39.7% of all reported crimes (2,737 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: North Las Vegas'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 North Las Vegas, NV rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.