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Minden, NV crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Minden has an overall crime rate of 8 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Minden is 1 in 127. How does Minden fare compared to other communities in Nevada of all population sizes? Minden's crime rate is lower than approximately 63% of Nevada communities.

How does the crime rate in Minden compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Minden with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Minden's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Minden 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 Minden.

For Minden, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Minden than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1147, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Minden; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Minden Crime Data

total Crime Index

58

(100 is safest)


Safer than 58% of U.S. cities.

Minden Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

3

24

27

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.87

6.97

7.84

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.87
4.54
National Median: 4
    Minden
    Nevada

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,147

in Minden

1 in 220

in Nevada

Minden Violent Crimes

Population: 3,442
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
6.97
23.8
National Median: 20
    Minden
    Nevada

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 143

in Minden

1 in 42

in Nevada

Property Crimes

Population: 3,442
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Minden Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
6
22
National Median: 27.0
    Minden
    Nevada

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