The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Winchester, NV
Winchester is an unincorporated community of 29,500 in Clark County, about 3 miles southeast of downtown Las Vegas · Updated November 2026
Is Winchester, NV safe?
Crime in Winchester is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 84% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Winchester. Violent and property crime both grade C here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Winchester run from B+ to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 443 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Winchester as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Winchester scores 443.
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 Winchester, NV at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Winchester, 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 Winchester
Burglary stands out among C-graded cities. For the typical resident of a C-graded US city, the figure is 2.5 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Winchester has 8.2.
Car thefts and simple assaults both run high. In Winchester, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 10.7 car thefts and 34.5 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Winchester
In Winchester, 17% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 0% in areas graded C and 83% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Winchester run from B+ to F; every part of Winchester has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
17%83%
A or B 17%D or F 83%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Winchester, the west side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Crime rates and types in Winchester
CrimeGrade™ estimates Winchester has about 101 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for Nevada.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Winchester, about 40% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
How Winchester compares with nearby cities
Winchester has more crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. Summerlin South and Enterprise have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Winchester apart: it has 21.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 98 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and robbery runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.21.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.98 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of US city residents
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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 80% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.13.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 94% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Winchester: C- (28 of 100).14 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% of US city residents
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 Winchester
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Winchester about $2,979 a year per household, more than double 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 $114 million a year, or $3,864 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.4 million
$252
Rape
$2.0 million
$66
Robbery
$1.3 million
$43
Assault
$12 million
$414
Burglary
$2.2 million
$74
Theft
$4.0 million
$136
Vehicle theft
$4.9 million
$165
Arson
$230,000
$8
Vandalism
$2.5 million
$86
Total
$37 million
$1,244
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 Winchester 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 Winchester, NV average a SchoolGrade of F: 18% of students test proficient, against 18% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Winchester on SchoolGrade
