NV
University of Nevada-Reno
4.34 incidents / 1,000 students
Reno, NV · Clery Act 2024 · Public
University of Nevada-Reno
Across 2022–2024, University of Nevada-Reno reported 222 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: College of Southern Nevada.
- 4.34
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,536
- Rank of 2,072
- #17
- NV rank
- 23,024
- Enrolled students
4.34 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of Nevada-Reno reports 4.34 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 34% below University of Louisville. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of Louisville (7.59/1k); California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (5.51/1k); University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (7.14/1k); University of New Mexico-Main Campus (11.42/1k); Mississippi State University (1.43/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k); University of Nevada-Las Vegas (3.16/1k); Truckee Meadows Community College (0.28/1k); Nevada State University (1.19/1k); Western Nevada College (0.00/1k); Great Basin College (0.00/1k); Touro University Nevada (1.25/1k); Roseman University of Health Sciences (1.46/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 4.34
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,536
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 74%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 92
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 182290 · University of Nevada-Reno 4.34/1k score rate · #1,536/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 4.34/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,536/2,072
- ST-MID #17 in state
- BELOW-PEER California Polytechnic State University-San · 1.16 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 61%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-LARGE 23,024
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (+1.16/1k)
University of Nevada-Reno sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-ZERO · peer California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.
Clery plate RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (+1.16/1k). National rank #1,536 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
University of Nevada-Reno reports 4.34 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 34% below University of Louisville. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of Louisville (7.59/1k); California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (5.51/1k); University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (7.14/1k); University of New Mexico-Main Campus (11.42/1k); Mississippi State University (1.43/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k); University of Nevada-Las Vegas (3.16/1k); Truckee Meadows Community College (0.28/1k); Nevada State University (1.19/1k); Western Nevada College (0.00/1k); Great Basin College (0.00/1k); Touro University Nevada (1.25/1k); Roseman University of Health Sciences (1.46/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around University of Nevada-Reno
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Mississippi State University · lowest peer 1.43
Mississippi State University — lowest peer
1.43 per 1,000 students
- University of Nevada-Reno · this campus 4.34
University of Nevada-Reno — this campus
4.34 per 1,000 students
- California Polytechnic State University-San · near
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo — near
5.51 per 1,000 students
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz · near
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus — near
7.14 per 1,000 students
- University of New Mexico-Main · highest peer
University of New Mexico-Main Campus — highest peer
11.42 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of Nevada-Reno's 4.34/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of Nevada-Reno increased from 73 to 92 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.
This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.
See national reporting-year changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 15 NV 4-year peers in this comparison, University of Nevada-Reno is larger than 86% and safer-reporting than 0% - the larger, higher-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- University of Nevada-Reno: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeVry University-Nevada | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 50 |
| Wongu University of Oriental Medicine | 29 | 0.00 | 7 | 50 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Las Vegas | 293 | 0.00 | 14 | 50 |
| Las Vegas College | 536 | 0.00 | 21 | 50 |
| Chamberlain University-Nevada | 652 | 0.00 | 29 | 50 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas | 1,222 | 0.00 | 36 | 50 |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | 1,367 | 1.46 | 43 | 14 |
| Touro University Nevada | 1,600 | 1.25 | 50 | 21 |
| Great Basin College | 3,320 | 0.00 | 57 | 50 |
| Western Nevada College | 4,284 | 0.00 | 64 | 50 |
| Nevada State University | 7,549 | 1.19 | 71 | 29 |
| University of Nevada-Reno (this campus) | 23,024 | 4.34 | 86 | 0 |
Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.
Enrollment scale
How campus size shapes the safety figures
With 23,024 enrolled students, University of Nevada-Reno is the 170th largest of the 5,585 institutions in this dataset with a reported enrollment, ahead of 5,415 of them. Closest same-state same-level scored peers by enrollment: College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k); University of Nevada-Las Vegas (3.16/1k); Truckee Meadows Community College (0.28/1k); Nevada State University (1.19/1k); Western Nevada College (0.00/1k); Great Basin College (0.00/1k); Touro University Nevada (1.25/1k); Roseman University of Health Sciences (1.46/1k). The score above normalizes 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students, so compare it with similarly sized campuses instead of treating a higher raw count as evidence that a campus is less safe (University of Louisville is the nearest similar-enrollment comparison on this profile).
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at University of Nevada-Reno rose from 73 to 92 (+26%). The increase shows up in Rape (3 to 21), Motor Vehicle Theft (49 to 57) and Arson (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (14 to 10), Aggravated Assault (5 to 2) and Fondling (2 to 0).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at University of Nevada-Reno
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 7 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Rape, Aggravated Assault, Fondling, Robbery and Arson. Motor Vehicle Theft accounts for most of them.
The remaining 4 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Statutory Rape. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyUniversity of Nevada-Reno: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 61% (57 → 92 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 57 |
| 2023 | 73 |
| 2024 | 92 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 57 | 49 | 28 |
| Burglary | 10 | 14 | 20 |
| Rape | 21 | 3 | 4 |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Fondling | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
36 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 11 | 28 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 4 | 210 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 8 | 9 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 5 | 139 |
University of Nevada-Reno vs peer institutions
Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment
Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).
KY
University of Louisville
7.59 incidents / 1,000 students
CA
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
5.51 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of Nevada-Reno sits on price and outcomes
At $15,927, University of Nevada-Reno's reported average net price is cheaper than 27% among 30 Nevada colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $22,990.
- $15,927
- average net price
- $22,990
- Nevada median
- 2.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,972
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $12,674 for families reporting under $30,000 against $21,646 above $110,000, a difference of $8,972. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $15,927 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $49,182, roughly 3.1 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $9,578
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $27,720
- Avg Net Price
- $15,927
- Median Debt
- $18,922
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 23%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 74%
- SAT Average
- 1132
- SAT Math Range
- 520-640
- ACT Average
- 23
- ACT Range
- 19-26
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 62%
- Retention Rate
- 80%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $49,182
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $60,614
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 78%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 397 similar institutions by enrollment size.
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY · 23,065 enrolled
Safety Score 7.59
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · 23,069 enrolled
Safety Score 5.51
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO · 23,124 enrolled
Safety Score 7.14
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM · 23,124 enrolled
Safety Score 11.42
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS · 23,150 enrolled
Safety Score 1.43
Closest by National Rank
University of Nevada-Reno (national rank #1536) sits near Longwood University (#1535) and UEI College-Tacoma (#1537) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for University of Nevada-Reno, both outside NV so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY · 23,065 enrolled
Safety score 7.59
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · 23,069 enrolled
Safety score 5.51
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO · 23,124 enrolled
Safety score 7.14
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM · 23,124 enrolled
Safety score 11.42
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS · 23,150 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
California State University-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · 23,163 enrolled
Safety score 2.76
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA · 22,740 enrolled
Safety score 0.97
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ · 23,375 enrolled
Safety score 2.70
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Longwood University
Farmville, VA · 4,612 enrolled
Safety score 4.34
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL · 1,837 enrolled
Safety score 4.35
Sterling College
Sterling, KS · 694 enrolled
Safety score 4.32
Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, MI · 1,157 enrolled
Safety score 4.32
Columbus College of Art & Design
Columbus, OH · 916 enrolled
Safety score 4.37
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO · 3,664 enrolled
Safety score 4.37
Nichols College
Dudley, MA · 1,392 enrolled
Safety score 4.31
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, MO · 3,716 enrolled
Safety score 4.31
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of Nevada-Reno safe?
University of Nevada-Reno has a safety score of 4.34 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,536 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: University of Louisville (7.59/1k). Same-state same-level set: College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k); University of Nevada-Las Vegas (3.16/1k); Truckee Meadows Community College (0.28/1k); Nevada State University (1.19/1k); Western Nevada College (0.00/1k); Great Basin College (0.00/1k); Touro University Nevada (1.25/1k); Roseman University of Health Sciences (1.46/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of Nevada-Reno?
For calendar year 2024, University of Nevada-Reno reported Motor Vehicle Theft (57), Rape (21), Burglary (10), Aggravated Assault (2) and Arson (1), and 1 further category in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does University of Nevada-Reno compare to similar schools?
University of Nevada-Reno reports 34% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than University of Louisville. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: University of Louisville (7.59/1k); California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (5.51/1k); University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (7.14/1k); University of New Mexico-Main Campus (11.42/1k); Mississippi State University (1.43/1k). Same-state same-level set: College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k); University of Nevada-Las Vegas (3.16/1k); Truckee Meadows Community College (0.28/1k); Nevada State University (1.19/1k); Western Nevada College (0.00/1k); Great Basin College (0.00/1k); Touro University Nevada (1.25/1k); Roseman University of Health Sciences (1.46/1k).
Does University of Nevada-Reno have fire safety data?
Yes. University of Nevada-Reno reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. No fires were reported in the most recent year.
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