State crime profile · 2024

Nebraska Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 47 cities and 48 counties in Nebraska (NE), ranked safest to most dangerous from 287 reporting agencies.

217.3
Violent / 100K
1,630.8
Property / 100K
47
Cities
48
Counties

The verdict

Nebraska's 217.3 violent crimes per 100,000 runs 38% below the U.S. average, making it one of the safest states in the country.

217.3
violent crimes per 100K
-38%
vs. the U.S. average
8th
safest of 51 states & DC
1,630.8
property crimes per 100K

How safe is Nebraska? FBI UCR data snapshot

Nebraska (NE) reported 4,358 violent crimes and 32,705 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 287 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 217.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1630.8 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 2,005,465. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 47 Nebraska cities and 48 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 261.4 to 217.3 per 100,000, a decline of 16.9%. City-level detail pages within Nebraska include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

State figures roll up the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) submissions from local and county agencies across the state, then express them per 100,000 residents so one state can be compared with another. Statewide averages hide a great deal of variation: a handful of large cities often account for much of a state's reported violent crime, while most of its land area and population live with markedly lower rates. Reporting completeness also differs between states, so a year-over-year change can reflect which agencies filed data as much as any real shift on the ground. Read a state number as the broad backdrop, then drill into the city and county pages for the local detail that actually shapes day-to-day decisions.

Violent Crime Rate
217.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
1630.8/100K
Population
2,005,465
Data Year
2024

How Nebraska ranks nationally

Nebraska vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

217 Safer than 84% lower than 84% of 51 U.S. states

0–100: 0 U.S. states (0%). Below this entry. 100–200: 6 U.S. states (12%). Below this entry. 200–300: 18 U.S. states (35%). This entry sits in this band. 300–400: 10 U.S. states (20%). Above this entry. 400–500: 12 U.S. states (24%). Above this entry. 500–600: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 600–700: 2 U.S. states (4%). Above this entry. 700–800: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 800–900: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 900–1,000: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 1,000–1,100: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 1,100+: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. NE 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

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Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest Cities

Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate

Most Dangerous Cities

Top 50 by highest violent crime rate

Crime Trends

Multi-year charts & analysis

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 2,005,465 4,358 217.3 32,705 1630.8
2023 1,978,379 3,371 170.4 27,615 1395.8
2022 1,967,923 5,562 282.6 37,154 1888
2021 1,963,692 3,003 152.9 19,962 1016.6
2020 1,937,552 5,986 308.9 34,502 1780.7
2019 1,934,408 5,774 298.5 39,078 2020.2
2018 1,929,268 5,483 284.2 39,730 2059.3
2017 1,920,076 5,604 291.9 41,428 2157.6
2016 1,907,116 5,373 281.7 42,474 2227.1
2015 1,896,190 4,925 259.7 41,909 2210.2
2014 1,881,503 4,918 261.4 46,260 2458.7

Cities in Nebraska

Safest cities in Nebraska

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Bellevue is the safest sizeable city in Nebraska, at 99.2 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Nebraska

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Omaha reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Nebraska, at 369 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Nebraska's largest cities — violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 7 cities; the anchor city is ringed. Nebraska's largest cities — violent vs. property crime SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME 89 399 Violent crime per 100K → 1,019 3,415 Property crime per 100K → Omaha: 369 violent · 3,162 property per 100K · grade D Omaha Lincoln: 348 violent · 2,446 property per 100K · grade C Lincoln Bellevue: 99 violent · 1,132 property per 100K · grade A Bellevue Grand Island: 368 violent · 1,760 property per 100K · grade C Grand Island Kearney: 301 violent · 1,625 property per 100K · grade C Fremont: 180 violent · 1,891 property per 100K · grade B Norfolk: 202 violent · 1,144 property per 100K · grade B Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Nebraska's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Omaha 480,235 369 D
Lincoln 295,808 347.9 C
Bellevue 63,510 99.2 A
Grand Island 52,488 367.7 C
Kearney 34,525 301.2 C
Fremont 27,767 180.1 B
Norfolk 26,234 202 B
Hastings 24,815 318.4 C
Columbus 24,595 85.4 A
Papillion 23,597 33.9 A
North Platte 22,268 148.2 B
La Vista 16,205 49.4 A
Scottsbluff 15,306 588 F
South Sioux City 13,801 181.1 C
Beatrice 12,272 81.5 A
Lexington 10,867 128.8 A
York 8,220 194.6 B
Alliance 8,024 236.8 B
Blair 8,018 124.7 A
Seward 7,664 78.3 A
Nebraska City 7,483 120.3 A
Crete 7,463 201 C
McCook 7,200 41.7 A
Plattsmouth 6,879 14.5 A+
Schuyler 6,529 122.5 A
Sidney 6,448 124.1 A
Ralston 6,374 109.8 A
Wayne 6,232 128.4 A
Chadron 5,134 214.3 B
Wahoo 5,040 99.2 A
Aurora 4,717 63.6 A+
Ogallala 4,618 173.2 B
Falls City 4,016 124.5 A
Cozad 3,917 102.1 A
O'Neill 3,576 111.9 A
Broken Bow 3,552 84.5 A+
Gothenburg 3,414 0 A+
Valley 3,301 0 A+
Minden 3,140 63.7 A
Valentine 2,632 228 B
St. Paul 2,430 82.3 A
Milford 2,231 179.3 A
Pierce 1,812 0 A+
Gordon 1,427 140.2 B
Laurel 940 0 A+
Waterloo 903 332.2 B
Boys Town 696 574.7 D

Counties in Nebraska

Largest counties in Nebraska, violent crime per 100K

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Adams
Boone
Brown
Buffalo
Cass
Cedar
Cherry
Cheyenne
Colfax
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Furnas
Gosper
Hall
Jefferson
Keith
Knox
Lancaster
Lincoln
Madison
Merrick
Morrill
Nemaha
Otoe
Phelps
Pierce
Platte
Polk
Red Willow
Richardson
Saline
Sarpy
Saunders
Scotts Bluff
Seward
Sherman
Stanton
Thayer
Thomas
Thurston
Wayne
Webster
York

Nearby States

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Explore Nebraska crime data

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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using PlainCrime rankings responsibly

Crime rankings are most useful when they sit alongside other community-quality signals, school performance, housing affordability, employment, and access to healthcare. A safer-than-average violent-crime rate in a small commuter suburb does not by itself make a city a better place to live; it is one data point among many. Likewise, a higher-than-average rate in a dense urban center may reflect that residents and visitors interact with police more often, not that the city is necessarily unsafe for its residents. We provide cross-links from each city profile to neighboring jurisdictions, state averages, and national benchmarks so you can read each number in context rather than in isolation.

For news outlets, researchers, and concerned residents who cite our rankings, the most defensible approach is to quote the per-100,000 rate, the reporting year, and the source agency in the same sentence. Avoid framing crime statistics as predictive, UCR data describes what was reported in a past year, not what will happen tomorrow. Where possible, pair our rankings with longitudinal trend data on the relevant city's profile page to show whether the rate is moving up, holding steady, or falling year over year.