2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Elko, NV vs Wasilla, AK

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- Wasilla has 17% more violent crime than Elko.
- Wasilla has 36% more property crime than Elko.
 Elko, NVWasilla, AKUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock34.322.7
 Property Crime53.3  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Elko, NevadaCrime Index
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 Oasis, NV19.55
 Osino, NV22.05
 Crescent Valley, NV26.85
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 Elko, NV40.85
 Eureka, NV44.5
 Montello, NV46.25

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