Crime · Nevada
Crime in Nevada
Crime (FBI UCR) data for ZIP codes in Nevada. Pick a ZIP below to dive into the crime summary.
Last verified 2026-09-24 · methodology
What lands here
Not on zipradar yet. The plan is per-100k rates (never raw counts) for major offense categories, the reporting agency, and whether reporting was complete. Until then, the FBI Crime Data Explorer has the agency figures.
Source & refresh
FBI UCR. Refreshed rolling agency submissions to the fbi. Primary source →
Nevada top concern
Wildfire, water-supply (Colorado River allotment)
Nevada's wildfire risk concentrates in the western Sierra foothills (Reno, Carson City, Lake Tahoe). Las Vegas water supply tied to declining Lake Mead Colorado River allotment. EPA SDWIS shows arsenic challenges in some rural systems.
See Nevada state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.
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