County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Washoe County, NV
At 486,492 residents, Washoe County is a very 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
690
Property offenses
405
Violent offenses
1,095
Total · 2024
Washoe County, NV reported 83 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Washoe County, NV agencies reported 405 violent and 690 property offenses. That equals about 83 violent and 142 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
405 violent offenses
83/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Washoe County, NV
Position in the state cohort
Washoe County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Nevada counties
At 83.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Washoe County ranks 12 of 12 — above 0 of the 11 other Nevada counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -68.2% 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 49.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 83.2 in 2024 (+68.0%). The highest observed value was 83.2 in 2024 and the lowest 49.5 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Share of the state cohort
Washoe County carries a large share of the reporting cohort’s total offenses
The 1,095 Part I offenses reported here are 26.7% of the 4,097 reported across all 12 comparable Nevada counties in 2024. A county this large moves the statewide total on its own, so state-level changes should be read against its population of 486,492 rather than as a uniform shift.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 37.0% of the 1,095 Part I offenses reported in Washoe County for 2024, against a median of 27.3% across comparable Nevada counties — a gap of 9.7 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 65.1% of reported property offenses in Washoe County, against a cohort median of 51.7%. The remainder is burglary (142) and motor vehicle theft (99). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
On a very 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
690
Violent Crime
405
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
690
Burglary
142
Larceny-Theft
449
Motor Vehicle Theft
99
Arson
20
Violent Crime
405
Murder
1
Rape
50
Robbery
19
Aggravated Assault
335
Reporting Agency
Washoe County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Washoe County's crime figures on this page originate from Washoe 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 Washoe County, NV?▼
In 2024, Washoe County reported 405 violent crimes and 690 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Washoe County safe?▼
Washoe County reported 1,095 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 Washoe County in population. Their populations run from 49,488 to 59,235, against 486,492 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.