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FBI quarterly crime data · 12 months ending March 2026

Nevada Crime Trends

Violent crime in Nevada is down 4.1% and property crime is down 8.8% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before — summed from preliminary reports by 47 agencies covering 3,263,412 people.

Violent crime
12,311
-4.1% vs year earlier
Property crime
63,605
-8.8% vs year earlier
Murder
155
-18.8% vs year earlier
Motor vehicle theft
12,340
-16.8% vs year earlier

Nevada crime by offense

Offenses reported by Nevada agencies in the 12 months ending March 2025 and the 12 months ending March 2026. Percent changes are derived from our summed common-month counts, not FBI-published.

OffenseTo March 2025To March 2026Change
Violent crime12,83212,311-4.1%
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter191155-18.8%
Rape1,7261,742+0.9%
Robbery1,9351,762-8.9%
Aggravated assault8,9808,652-3.7%
Property crime69,71063,605-8.8%
Burglary11,5719,686-16.3%
Larceny-theft43,30241,579-4.0%
Motor vehicle theft14,83712,340-16.8%
Arson*423374-11.6%

*Arson is reported separately and not included in the property crime index.

Nevada, month by month

Each month of the 12 months ending March 2026 against the same calendar month a year earlier — sums of Nevada agency reports, with percent changes derived from those sums. Months are never chained into one continuous series, because the set of reporting agencies differs month to month.

Violent crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 20251,1761,089
-7.4%
May 20251,1311,169
+3.4%
June 20251,1621,048
-9.8%
July 20251,0961,079
-1.6%
August 20251,1351,175
+3.5%
September 20251,1311,139
+0.7%
October 20251,1871,046
-11.9%
November 2025969966
-0.3%
December 2025976901
-7.7%
January 2026945930
-1.6%
February 2026882815
-7.6%
March 20261,042954
-8.4%

Property crime

MonthYear earlierLatestChange
April 20256,0985,809
-4.7%
May 20256,2605,714
-8.7%
June 20255,9855,260
-12.1%
July 20255,9865,331
-10.9%
August 20256,0345,489
-9.0%
September 20256,0135,540
-7.9%
October 20255,9165,622
-5.0%
November 20255,4945,227
-4.9%
December 20255,9385,605
-5.6%
January 20265,6224,968
-11.6%
February 20264,7984,462
-7.0%
March 20265,5664,578
-17.8%

Largest Nevada agencies by reported offenses

Counts for the 12 months ending March 2026; each agency's comparison covers the months it reported in both windows.

AgencyPopulationMonthsViolentProperty
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department1,712,136126,89840,330
Reno286,060121,5476,057
Henderson358,366127975,276
North Las Vegas302,881121,0884,863
Sparks112,191124082,446
Washoe110,29712298587
Carson City57,59212228459
Nye56,62712144540
Lyon61,13112203365
City of Las Vegas Department of Public Safety950410
Clark County School District1097351
Douglas49,2111259298
University of Nevada: · Reno128275
Elko20,8891270180
Mesquite24,4131025155
Fallon9,7281224135
Winnemucca8,1821246109
Elko26,7201251100
Boulder City15,0621228119
White Pine8,346123150
Lander5,758122058
West Wendover4,530121660
Humboldt8,772121857
Churchill16,229121261
Nevada Gaming Control Board: · Clark County12168

†Reported fewer than 12 common months; totals cover those months, identically in both windows.

About this data

  • These are preliminary quarterly submissions, not the FBI's annual crime publication. Nothing is estimated for agencies that did not report, so totals here run lower than the FBI's annual estimated national figures and are not comparable to them.
  • Every comparison is over “common months.” Each agency's two 12-month windows are restricted to the calendar months it reported in both years — 12,072 of the 15,767 agencies reported all 12. A partial reporter's “12-month” figure covers fewer months, but identically in both windows, which keeps its percent change honest.
  • Blank and zero mean different things. A zero is a month an agency reported with no offenses; a blank month was not reported (or not common to both windows) and contributes nothing to any total. Missing is never counted as zero.
  • National figures are FBI-published verbatim; state figures are our sums. The U.S. row comes straight from the FBI's national line, including its published percent changes. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month counts, so state percent changes are computed, not published.
  • Agencies are assigned to states by ORI prefix — the agency's headquarters state. A multi-jurisdiction agency's offenses all land in its HQ state.
  • No per-capita rates. Reporting coverage varies by state and agency, so covered populations do not line up with counts; comparing raw counts across states reflects coverage as much as crime.
  • Arson is reported separately and excluded from the property crime index. It is also measured differently from our annual Arson dataset — the two use different collection windows — so do not compare figures across them.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, quarterly “Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change” table, 12 months ending March 2026. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.

Nevada crime trends — FAQ

Is crime up or down in Nevada?+

Across the 47 Nevada agencies reporting comparable months in both windows, violent crime is down 4.1% and property crime is down 8.8% in the 12 months ending March 2026 compared with the year before. These are our sums of preliminary agency reports, not FBI-published state totals.

How many murders were reported in Nevada?+

Nevada agencies reported 155 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the 12 months ending March 2026, down 18.8% from 191 a year earlier — counting only months reported in both windows.

Which agency reports the most crime in Nevada?+

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported the most offenses in the 12 months ending March 2026: 6,898 violent and 40,330 property crimes. Reported volume tracks agency size and coverage, not just crime.

Where does this data come from?+

The FBI Crime Data Explorer's quarterly "Crime in the United States by Volume and Percent Change" table — preliminary offense counts, not the FBI's annual estimates. State totals are derived by summing agency common-month reports; agencies are assigned to Nevada by ORI prefix (headquarters state). pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.

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