County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Elko County, NV
At 53,702 residents, Elko County is a large county in Nevada. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
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Data updated 2026-07-13
118
Property offenses
57
Violent offenses
175
Total · 2024
Elko County, NV reported 106 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Elko County, NV agencies reported 57 violent and 118 property offenses. That equals about 106 violent and 220 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
57 violent offenses
106/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Elko County, NV
Position in the state cohort
Elko County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Nevada counties
At 106.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Elko County ranks 11 of 12 — above 1 of the 11 other Nevada counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -59.4% against the cohort median of 261.6. Counties 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 160.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 106.1 in 2024 (-33.7%). The highest observed value was 160.1 in 2020 and the lowest 89.4 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 32.6% of the 175 Part I offenses reported in Elko County for 2024, against a median of 27.3% across comparable Nevada counties — a gap of 5.3 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.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Property Crime
118
Violent Crime
57
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
118
Burglary
28
Larceny-Theft
61
Motor Vehicle Theft
29
Arson
3
Violent Crime
57
Murder
0
Rape
14
Robbery
1
Aggravated Assault
42
Reporting Agency
Elko County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Elko County's crime figures on this page originate from Elko County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the crime rate in Elko County, NV?▼
In 2024, Elko County reported 57 violent crimes and 118 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Elko County safe?▼
Elko County reported 175 total crimes in 2024.Property crime accounts for the majority of offenses. Compare with other counties in Nevada on our state page for context.
Similar-Size Counties in Nevada
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.