This question or questions as to the crime rates and relative saftey of specific areas in the valley are almost always asked by my clients. There is a short answer to the question as to areas. Rule of thumb, the farther you are away from the center of the city the safer you will be. However, even in the central areas there are “islands” of relative safety. I’m going to stop using the work relative, so just assume it whenever I use the work safe. The guard gated Las Vegas Country Club would be one example of a safe centrally located community. Above is a map created with tools from Padmapper.com. The crime overlays used are only for the areas of the valley serviced my Metro, not North Las Vegas or Henderson. As such it gives somewhat of a deceptive picture, but I do think that it is helpful in illustrating the rule of thumb mentioned above. The yellow areas represent the highest crime areas with the green areas showing areas with less crime and the areas with no overlays, areas with the least crime. Those areas in the far west, around Summerlin, the areas to the south, south of the airport and even the areas east, around and above Hollywood Blvd and the northwest show as good with respect to crime. These areas are all serviced by Metro.
Henderson in 2011 was rated by Forbes Magazine the 3rd safest mid-size city the country. This, along with good news for Henderson, illustrates the fact that there are areas inside the valley that are very safe.
The local area police departments have tools online to evaluate any given area, address or zip code as to safety. I have used all three sites and they are great. Here is a link back to the page on my web site with additional crime information as well as links to the above mentioned police departments crime search tools.
