Westgate is a neighborhood of 29,400 residents in Henderson, about 8 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Westgate in Henderson safe?
Yes, crime in Westgate is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Westgate sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 45% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. Henderson as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Westgate run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 809 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Westgate as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Westgate scores 809.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Westgate, Henderson, NV at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westgate in Henderson, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Westgate
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Henderson as a whole, 45% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
How Westgate compares within Henderson
Every part of Westgate where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Westgate run from A to B; 41% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Westgate has less crime than 14 of the 21 neighborhoods in Henderson. It covers much of the Westgate, Anthem, and West Henderson areas.
Is crime going up in Henderson?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Henderson as a whole is up 57%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Henderson. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Henderson
Violent, US
Property, Henderson
Property, US
2016
+26%
+4%
+10%
+15%
2017
+10%
+4%
+6%
+12%
2018
+11%
+0%
+13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+27%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
+41%
+6%
+0%
-10%
2022
+73%
+5%
+9%
-6%
2023
+72%
+2%
+18%
-7%
2024
+57%
-4%
-3%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Westgate
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westgate has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% less than the US as a whole and close to Henderson as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 35% of crime reported in Westgate. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Henderson
The Henderson Police Department polices Westgate; these figures cover Henderson as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Henderson as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Westgate compares with nearby neighborhoods
Westgate has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Tree cover, empty homes and walkability in Westgate
Two things set Westgate apart: it has tree cover over 1% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 2.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with little tree cover tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.1% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.16.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Westgate
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Westgate about $931 a year per household, 23% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $27 million a year, or $913 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Westgate means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Westgate, Henderson, NV average a SchoolGrade of A+: 47% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Westgate on SchoolGrade
