Reno, NV has a D safety grade (26/100) with a violent crime rate of 530 per 100,000, 50% above the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · very large city
Reno, NV Crime Rate & Safety
At 278,313 residents, Reno 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.
Reno, NV carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 50% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Reno, NV shows violent crime at 529.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,445.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 50% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
529.6/100K violent
2445.1/100K property
+50% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Reno, NV
Comparable rate records
Reno's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Nevada cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Reno's 529.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (429.8), Elko (397.9), Sparks (394.4), North Las Vegas (388.9). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Reno reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Nevada cities
At 529.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Reno ranks 3 of 11 — above 8 of the 10 other Nevada cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +35.2% against the cohort median of 391.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 595.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 529.6 in 2024 (-11.0%). The highest observed value was 609.5 in 2022 and the lowest 529.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Reno'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.
Reno's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 109 Census sq mi, Reno logged 62.4 property and 13.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Reno's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 8,279 offenses; mix index 4,007).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (109 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-10.9%
594.3 → 529.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-7.7%
2650.2 → 2445.1/100K
Property offenses lead Reno's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
6,805
2445.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
4,967
1784.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
969
348.2
-
Burglary
869
312.2
-
Arson
13
4.7
-
Violent Crime
1,474
529.6
352
Aggravated Assault
996
357.9
-
Robbery
263
94.5
-
Rape
192
69
-
Murder
23
8.3
-
Reno Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Reno property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reno Police Department
Reporting agency for Reno NIBRS-participating
Reno Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Reno's 8,279 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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In 2024, Reno reported 1,474 violent crimes and 6,805 property crimes, for a total of 8,279 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Reno?
From 2023 to 2024, Reno's violent crime rate decreased by 10.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 7.7%.
What is the most common crime in Reno?
The most common crime type in Reno is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.0% of all reported crimes (4,967 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Reno'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.