Las Vegas Crime Index

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas Crime Map & Safety Report

A measured, data-driven look at crime and safety across the Las Vegas valley, drawn from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department incident records and U.S. Census data.

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2,165,400Residents
77Crime index (100 = U.S. avg)
63thPercentile vs. U.S. cities
C+Overall crime grade

At a glance

Your real-world odds in Las Vegas

Estimated annual chance of being affected, calibrated against national benchmark rates.

1 in 283
Violent crime odds / year
7% below the national average
1 in 46
Property crime odds / year
20% above the national average
23% below the national average
Overall crime vs. national
118,186
Incidents analyzed
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Crime map

Where crime happens in Las Vegas

Warmer blocks report more crime relative to the rest of the city.

Reported Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department incidents, shaded by intensity. Open the full map for a larger view.

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Latest reports

Recent crime in Las Vegas

The newest reported incidents across the city.

  • Vandalism

    7500 Hickam Ave, Las Vegas, NV

    Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

  • Theft

    6100 W Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, Nv

    All Other Larceny

  • Motor Vehicle Theft

    5800 Boulder Falls St, Clark County, NV

    Motor Vehicle Theft

  • Burglary

    2600 N Buffalo Dr, Las Vegas, NV

    Burglary/Breaking and Entering

  • Vandalism

    11200 Salentino Ave, Las Vegas, Nv

    Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

  • Burglary

    4000 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, Nv

    Burglary/Breaking and Entering

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Neighborhoods

Safest & highest-crime Las Vegas areas

Every neighborhood graded A to F. Tap one for its own map and recent incidents.

Safest neighborhoods

A+Red Rock Country Club3,364 residentsA+The Cliffs1,549 residentsA+Southern Highlands20,679 residentsA+The Gardens3,154 residents

Highest-crime neighborhoods

C-Meadows Village4,169 residentsCWest Las Vegas28,529 residentsCThe Strip5,221 residentsBMcCarran International Airport1,567 residents

Trend

Reported crime over the past year

May: 10,570Jun: 9,889Jul: 10,206Aug: 10,163Sep: 9,892Oct: 9,967Nov: 9,328Dec: 9,474Jan: 9,816Feb: 8,548Mar: 9,942Apr: 294
MayLatest month up 16.3% vs. prior monthApr

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Dig into the data

Explore Las Vegas crime and safety in detail:

InteractiveLas Vegas Crime MapSee where crime concentrates block by block.→StatisticsLas Vegas Crime RateViolent & property rates vs. the U.S. average.→BreakdownCrime by TypeTheft, vehicle theft, assault, robbery & more.→A–F gradesNeighborhood RankingsSafest and highest-crime Las Vegas neighborhoods.→

Overview

Understanding crime in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is really two cities layered on top of each other: the round-the-clock tourist machine of the Strip and downtown Fremont, and the ordinary residential valley where locals actually live. That distinction drives almost everything about crime here. The resort corridor concentrates an outsized share of reported incidents because millions of visitors pass through it, while master-planned communities like Summerlin and Centennial Hills feel as quiet as any Sun Belt suburb.

This site declines to flatten all of that into one citywide figure. It breaks the valley into neighborhoods and ZIP codes, scores each on an A-to-F curve, and turns dense incident counts into everyday odds you can reason with.

About this data: Figures are compiled from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) open crime data and U.S. Census Bureau demographics, then adjusted for population so different areas can be compared fairly.

FAQ

Las Vegas crime: common questions

Is Las Vegas safe to live in?
For residents, Las Vegas is safer than its raw crime totals suggest, because those totals are swelled by tens of millions of visitors concentrated on the Strip. Away from the resort corridor, the western and northwestern suburbs feel like any quiet Sun Belt metro. As elsewhere, the right neighborhood makes all the difference.
What are the safest neighborhoods in Las Vegas?
Summerlin, Centennial Hills, and much of the southwest valley consistently report the lowest crime in the metro. They pair newer, often gated residential development with relatively few violent incidents. These areas tend to earn the strongest safety grades on this site.
Which areas of Las Vegas have the most crime?
The Strip and downtown corridor, east Fremont, and parts of the central valley record the highest incident volumes. Much of the Strip's total reflects visitor-driven property crime rather than residential danger. Risk falls sharply in the outer suburban communities.
Is the Las Vegas Strip dangerous for tourists?
The Strip generates a large share of the city's reported crime, but most of it is theft and pickpocketing rather than violent offenses, and the area is heavily policed and surveilled. Tourists should mainly guard against property crime in crowds and parking garages. Violent incidents do occur but are a small fraction of resort-corridor reports.
Where does this Las Vegas crime data come from?
The figures are compiled from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) open incident data and U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Counts are normalized to resident population so areas of different sizes can be compared. Letter grades are calibrated on a national A-to-F curve.