This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Las Vegas. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.
F
Overall Crime Grade™
F |
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F |
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Other Crime Grade |
F |
$21.8 million
Cost of Crime™ for Las Vegas, NM
In 2025, crime will cost $2,783 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of Las Vegas with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.
The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Las Vegas's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Las Vegas sits in the 2nd percentile, ahead of 2% of cities and behind 98%. The grade covers only Las Vegas's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.
The overall crime rate in Las Vegas is 84.17 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 9 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 15 in the southwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Las Vegas, NM report the most crime, about 278 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 47 per year.
| Las Vegas, NM: | $1312 |
|---|---|
| Taos, NM: | $1410 |
| Paradise Hills, NM: | $411 |
| New Mexico: | $835 |
| USA: | $464 |
Crime |
Cost to Las Vegas |
Cost per Las Vegas Resident |
|---|---|---|
Murder |
$6.23 million |
$375 |
Rape/Sexual Assault |
$1.11 million |
$67 |
Robbery |
$819,427 |
$49 |
Assault |
$4.00 million |
$240 |
Kidnapping |
$509,119 |
$31 |
Vehicle Theft |
$2.07 million |
$125 |
Burglary |
$1.29 million |
$78 |
Theft |
$2.47 million |
$149 |
Arson |
$78,025 |
$5 |
Vandalism |
$2.41 million |
$145 |
Animal Cruelty |
$8,697 |
$1 |
Drug Crimes |
$582,613 |
$35 |
Identity Theft |
$231,343 |
$14 |
Total Cost of Crime |
$21,812,751 |
$1,312 |
Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The central part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.
Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Las Vegas has 9, do the same, and of Las Vegas's 16,625 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.
The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Las Vegas, NM at ISP Reports.The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Las Vegas residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Assault |
8.371 |
Robbery |
1.567 |
Rape |
1.102 |
Murder |
0.1994 |
Total Violent Crime |
11.24 (F) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
28.71 |
Vehicle Theft |
8.046 |
Burglary |
8.565 |
Arson |
0.1943 |
Total Property Crime |
45.52 (F) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Kidnapping |
0.5051 |
Drug Crimes |
4.738 |
Vandalism |
20.31 |
Identity Theft |
1.798 |
Animal Cruelty |
0.0707 |
Total "Other" Rate |
27.42 (F) |
Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Las Vegas is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Las Vegas.
Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
F | F | F | |
F | F | D- | |
F | F | F | |
F | F | D- | |
F | F | D- | |
F | F | F | |
F | F | F | |
F | F | F | |
F | F | D- | |
F | F | D- |
Las Vegas is higher versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
D | D+ | D+ | |
A | A- | A- | |
C | C | C | |
D+ | D- | D- | |
D | C- | C- | |
C | C | C | |
C- | C+ | C+ | |
C- | C- | C- | |
C+ | B | B | |
F | D | D |
Considering only the crime rate, Las Vegas is less safe than the New Mexico state average and less safe than the national average.
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Las Vegas, NM average SchoolGrade of B-, with 41% actual proficiency versus 32% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Las Vegas schools on SchoolGrade
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