What is the crime rate in Elko, NV?

In 2025, the Elko Police Department reported 79 violent crimes and 198 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 378 violent and 948 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,889 residents it serves.

Across Nevada the rates were 384 and 2,029.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 378
Property per 100,000: 948
Violent crimes: 79
Property crimes: 198

Crime reported by the Elko Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	109	523	358	1,717	20,854
2024	83	398	304	1,457	20,861
2025	79	378	198	948	20,889

Violent crimes reported went from 109 in 2023 to 79 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 358 in 2023 to 198 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Elko against Nevada and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elko	378	948
Elko County	284	683
Nevada	384	2,029
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Elko, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elko	—	378	948
Buhl	132 mi	166	520
Filer	134 mi	225	290
Twin Falls	137 mi	361	1,028
Kimberly	138 mi	85	393
Wendell	145 mi	458	588
Jerome	145 mi	356	421

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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