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Crime rates for Sparks, NV
Safest Sparks Neighborhoods
popular neighborhoods in Sparks City Center, Spanish Springs / Wadsworth, Vista, Pyramid Way / Wedekind Rd, Spanish Springs Rd / Goldy Way, Vista Blvd / Whitewood Dr, U.S. Route 40 / Kietzke Ln, McCarran Blvd / Prater Way, McCarran Blvd / York Way, Emerson Way / 4th St
POPULATION
66,532
Sparks Crime Rates
Sparks Crime Data
CRIME INDEX
9
100 is safest
This city is safer than 9% of the cities in the US.
city Annual Crimes
| VIOLENT | PROPERTY | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| 369 | 3,660 | 4,029 |
| annual crimes per 1,000 residents | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5.55 | 55.01 | 60.56 |
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Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 4.7
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Sparks
1 in 180 - in Nevada
1 in 136
| Sparks | Nevada |
|---|
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 4 | 33 | 87 | 245 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 1.31 | 3.68 |
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 16,692 | 93,934 | 417,122 | 862,947 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 2.91 |
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Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 34.3
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Sparks
1 in 18 - in Nevada
1 in 19
| Sparks | Nevada |
|---|
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 773 | 2,441 | 446 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 11.62 | 36.69 | 6.70 |
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 2,154,126 | 6,776,807 | 1,235,226 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 7.27 | 22.86 | 4.17 |
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Crimes Per Square Mile
| Sparks | Nevada |
|---|
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 49.6
With a crime rate of 61 per one thousand residents, Sparks has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 17. Within Nevada, more than 80% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Sparks.
Importantly, when you compare Sparks to other cities of similar population, the Sparks crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Sparks does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.
The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Sparks does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Sparks.
From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Sparks occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Sparks – such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder – is 1 in 180. This equates to a rate of 6 per one thousand inhabitants.
In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Sparks is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Sparks, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 18, which is a rate of 55 per one thousand population.
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