Crime & Safety in Mesquite
Mesquite's crime data reads favorably across the sources reviewed this pass -- cited as the #4 safest of 15 ranked Nevada communities, with violent crime running 57.7% below the cited national average and zero homicides in the latest reported year.
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Learn moreA favorably ranked, real safety record
One source ranked Mesquite the #4 safest city out of 15 ranked Nevada communities, citing an overall crime rate of 15.49 per 1,000 residents against a cited national rate of 33.37 per 1,000.
Violent and property crime both run well below cited national averages
Violent crime (156 per 100,000) runs 57.7% below the cited national average, and property crime (1,298 per 100,000) runs 33.6% below it. Zero homicides were cited in the latest reported year -- a real, favorable safety picture consistent with Mesquite's small-city, retirement-oriented character.
A single-source citation, disclosed as such
These figures come from a real estate/local-interest source rather than a primary law-enforcement dataset (unlike the multi-source NeighborhoodScout/CrimeGrade/DoorProfit cross-checks documented for some other markets in this dataset) -- disclosed here as medium rather than high confidence accordingly. Confirm current figures directly for a specific address.
Key takeaways
- Mesquite is cited as the #4 safest city out of 15 ranked Nevada communities, with an overall crime rate 15.49 per 1,000 residents.
- Violent crime runs 57.7% and property crime runs 33.6% below the cited national averages.
- Zero homicides were cited in the latest reported year.
- These figures come from a single local-interest source rather than a multi-source cross-check -- confirm current figures directly for a specific address.
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