Nevada’s Safest Cities of 2024

Rebecca Edwards
Mar 18, 2024
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SafeWise is pleased to release the 10th annual Safest Cities report.

Here are the 5 safest cities in Nevada for 2024

See crime rates for the safest cities.

In our latest State of Safety survey, 55% of respondents in Nevada reported feeling concern for their safety on a regular basis. This is higher than the national average of 47%. This increase in concern—it's 15% higher than last year—may be due to crime rates in the state that rose year over year and are above the national average. 

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2024 Nevada crime rates

Nevada's crime rates are above nationwide averages for violent crime and property crime.

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Although Nevada’s crime rates have historically been higher than national averages, violent crime dipped in last year's report. In fact, violent crime in Nevada had been dropping for four years, but this year it increased from 4.3 incidents per 1,000 residents to 5.7 (US 4.0).

When it comes to property crime, the state isn't doing so well. While it dropped below the national average in 2021,  it's back above it for the second year in a row. Nevada's per capita property crime rate went from 23.0 incidents per 1,000 people to 25.2 (US 19.3). 

Property crime in Nevada: Fear vs. reality

Property crime increased 22% year over year, making Nevada the state with the eighth-highest property crime rate in the US.

  • Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) Nevadans surveyed say they worry about becoming a victim of property crime, compared to 52% across the US. That's up from 49% the year before.
  • Property crime experiences rose by 56% year over year, from 18% in our last reporting year to 28%.
  • Larceny-theft makes up 63% of all property crime in Nevada, compared to 72% nationwide. 
  • Burglaries account for 18% of all property crimes—5 percentage points higher than the national proportion of 13%.
  • 18% of survey respondents use no kind of security measure to protect their Nevada property (US 25%).
  • The most popular form of property protection (43%) is a security system.
  • Nearly 4 in 10 (39%) told us they increased their security measures in the 12 months prior to the survey.

What security measures do Nevadans use most?

Security measures used most in Nevada: security cameras, firearms, guard dogs.

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What crimes are Nevada residents concerned about most?

Bar chart showing percentages of how concerned state residents are about crime compared to the national averages for violent crime, property crime, package theft and gun violence.

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Violent crime in Nevada: Fear vs. reality

Though violent crime rose year over year, Nevadans level of concern about it fell 2% from the year before. That said, Nevada still expresses the sixteenth-highest level of concern about violent crime in the US. Overall, Nevada's violent crime rate of 5.7 incidents per 1,000 people is the fifth-highest in the country.

  • 56% of Nevadan respondents said they were concerned about violent crime (US 50%).
  • 14% said they had experience with violent crime, which is 56% higher than the year before.
  • Aggravated assault is the most prevalent violent crime in Nevada, making up 58% of all reported incidents, compared to 71% nationally.
  • Nevada sees more robberies (30% of all violent crime) than the rest of the US, where the proportion is 16%.. 
  • 38% say they use some kind of personal safety protection like pepper spray—higher than the national average of 36%. 
  • Pocket knives and pepper spray are the most popular forms of personal protection in the state, with almost 4 in 10 respondents saying they use one (39% each).
  • Barely 2 in 10 Nevadans say they feel safe in their state (21%). That's the fourth-lowest in the nation (US 45%).

Attitudes about gun violence in Nevada

  • 64% of Nevada residents named gun violence as a safety concern—well above the US average of 51% and the seventh-highest nationwide.
  • 10% of survey respondents reported experiencing gun violence in the 12 months prior to the survey—lower than the national average of 12%.
  • There were 5 mass shootings in Nevada during 2023, the same number reported the previous two years. 
  • More Nevadans use firearms to protect their property (30%) than the nationwide average (28%).
  • Concealed firearms of the third-most preferred form of personal protection, according to Nevada survey participants.

A closer look at the safest cities in Nevada

For the purposes of this report, the terms “dangerous” and “safest” refer explicitly to crime rates as calculated from FBI crime data—no other characterization of any community is implied or intended.

  • There were only 6 cities that qualified to be ranked in Nevada.
  • Mesquite rose one place to be the safest city in Nevada.
  • Reno is new to the top 5 this year, landing in fifth place.
  • Mesquite and Henderson are the only cities with violent crime rates below the national average.

The 5 safest cities in Nevada

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Mesquite, Nevada
#1
Mesquite
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    Population
    21,732
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    VC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    1.6, 1.5, 1.0
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    PC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    13.4, 19.1, 11.1
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    VC=Violent crime, PC=Property crime
Henderson, Nevada
#2
Henderson
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    Population
    325,332
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    VC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    3.0, 2.3, 2.1
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    PC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    19.6, 16.5, 14.3
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    VC=Violent crime, PC=Property crime
North Las Vegas, Nevada
#3
North Las Vegas
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    Population
    284,422
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    VC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    4.2, 3.8, 5.2
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    PC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    18.2, 16.7, 16.2
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    VC=Violent crime, PC=Property crime
Sparks, Nevada
#4
Sparks
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    Population
    110,475
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    VC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    4.1, 4.4, 4.2
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    PC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    20.7, 23.7, 19.6
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    VC=Violent crime, PC=Property crime
Boulder City, Nevada
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Reno
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    Population
    273,671
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    VC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    5.5, 5.8, 5.6
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    PC Rate 2024, 2023, 2022
    26.5, 28.6, 21.5
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    VC=Violent crime, PC=Property crime

How we determined the safest cities

Learn how we identified the safest cities on our methodology page.

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Endnotes and sources

Find all endnotes and sources in our full methodology.

FBI Crime Data Explorer, "Documents & Downloads." Accessed March 18, 2024.

  • 2022 and 2021 Crime in the United States Annual Reports
    • Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
  • 2022 NIBRS Estimation Tables

Bureau of Justice Statistics, "National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)." Accessed March 18, 2024.

Gun Violence Archive, "Mass Shootings." Accessed March 18, 2023.

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Rebecca Edwards
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Rebecca Edwards
Rebecca is the lead safety reporter and in-house expert for SafeWise.com. She has been a journalist and blogger for over 25 years, with a focus on home and community safety for the past decade. Rebecca spends dozens of hours every month poring over crime and safety reports and spotting trends. Her expertise is sought after by publications, broadcast journalists, non-profit organizations, podcasts, and more. You can find her expert advice and analysis in places like NPR, TechCrunch, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, HGTV, MSN, Reader's Digest, Real Simple, and an ever-growing library of podcast, radio and TV clips in the US and abroad.

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