County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Humboldt County, NV
Humboldt County (17,285 people) sits in the mid-size county band in Nevada. This page opens with reported offense counts, then rates where a Census join exists.
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Data updated 2026-07-13
74
Property offenses
23
Violent offenses
97
Total · 2024
Humboldt County, NV reported 133 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Humboldt County, NV agencies reported 23 violent and 74 property offenses. That equals about 133 violent and 428 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
23 violent offenses
133/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Humboldt County, NV
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Humboldt County reported 23 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 17,285. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Position in the state cohort
Humboldt County sits mid-pack among comparable Nevada counties
At 133.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Humboldt County ranks 9 of 12 — above 3 of the 11 other Nevada counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -49.1% 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 32.4% of reported property offenses in Humboldt County, against a cohort median of 54.3%. The remainder is burglary (37) and motor vehicle theft (13). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 162.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 133.1 in 2024 (-17.9%). The highest observed value was 162.0 in 2020 and the lowest 115.7 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 23.7% of the 97 Part I offenses reported in Humboldt County for 2024, against a median of 28.2% across comparable Nevada counties — a gap of 4.5 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.
Mid-size county rows still aggregate voluntary UCR submissions. Per-100,000 rates need a matched 2020 Census population; unmatched stay count-only. County-wide totals rarely describe any single town inside the line.
Property Crime
74
Violent Crime
23
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
74
Burglary
37
Larceny-Theft
24
Motor Vehicle Theft
13
Arson
2
Violent Crime
23
Murder
1
Rape
6
Robbery
0
Aggravated Assault
16
Reporting Agency
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Humboldt County's crime figures on this page originate from Humboldt 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 Humboldt County, NV?▼
In 2024, Humboldt County reported 23 violent crimes and 74 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was burglary.
Is Humboldt County safe?▼
Humboldt County reported 97 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
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Nevada counties closest to Humboldt County in population. Their populations run from 1,855 to 25,516, against 17,285 here. Or launch the
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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.