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Nevada City Crime Rate Report (California)

Nevada City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Nevada City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Nevada City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 395.07% and the city property crime rate in Nevada City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 5.68%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Nevada City was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 274.82% and the city property crime rate in Nevada City was lower than the property crime rate in California by 9.5%.

Property and Violent Crime
Nevada City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Nevada City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Nevada City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault47
Arson1
Burglary12
Larceny and Theft35
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape5
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)59
Property Crime52
Violent Crime52
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault46
Arson1
Burglary6
Larceny and Theft25
Motor Vehicle Theft8
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)46
Property Crime39
Violent Crime49

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Nevada City Property Crime

Nevada City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Nevada City Crime 2025

Nevada City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Nevada City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Nevada City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Nevada City, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Nevada City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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