Michael Way, Las Vegas, NV Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Michael Way is a neighborhood of 51,800 residents in Las Vegas, about 5 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Michael Way?
Violent crime is high in Michael Way: a C-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Assaults make up 95% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Las Vegas as a whole grades B- for violent crime.
C-
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 352 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Michael Way as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Michael Way scores 352.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Michael Way, Las Vegas, NV at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Michael Way in Las Vegas, 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 about violent crime in Michael Way
Simple assaults run high. Michael Way has simple assaults at about double the US rate: 20.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
How Michael Way compares within Las Vegas
Areas graded C for violent crime are home to 52% of residents in Michael Way; 11% live in areas graded A or B and 37% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Michael Way run from B to F.
11%52%37%
A or B 11%C 52%D or F 37%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Michael Way has less violent crime than 7 of the 33 neighborhoods in Las Vegas. It covers much of the Michael Way and Charleston Heights areas.
Is violent crime going up in Las Vegas?
Reported violent crime in Las Vegas as a whole has fallen 20% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.8 to 4.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Las Vegas. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Las Vegas
Violent, US
2016
+56%
+4%
2017
+16%
+4%
2018
+14%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
2021
-9%
+6%
2022
-3%
+5%
2023
-13%
+2%
2024
-20%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Michael Way
CrimeGrade™ estimates Michael Way has about 25 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 88% more than the US as a whole and close to Las Vegas as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Michael Way, about 95% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department polices Michael Way, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Michael Way, 54% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 43% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
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.
Violent crime in Michael Way and nearby neighborhoods
Michael Way has more violent crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Angel Park Lindell and Buffalo have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Michael Way. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Michael Way has more violent crime than 73% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Michael Way apart: it has tree cover over 1% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. 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 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 84% 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 assault. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Michael Way: C- (28 of 100).12 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 59% 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 violent crime costs Michael Way
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Michael Way about $107 million a year, or $2,063 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $24 million, or $465 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department publishes its own crime data
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.
