All Cities in Nebraska

Every one of the 47 Nebraska cities that reported to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program in 2024, ranked by population with its violent and property crime rate per 100,000 and a safety grade. Open any city for the full breakdown, trend, and methodology.

City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Omaha 480,235 369 3,161.8 D
Lincoln 295,808 347.9 2,445.8 C
Bellevue 63,510 99.2 1,132.1 A
Grand Island 52,488 367.7 1,760.4 C
Kearney 34,525 301.2 1,624.9 C
Fremont 27,767 180.1 1,890.7 B
Norfolk 26,234 202 1,143.6 B
Hastings 24,815 318.4 2,006.9 C
Columbus 24,595 85.4 927 A
Papillion 23,597 33.9 1,004.4 A
North Platte 22,268 148.2 2,582.2 B
La Vista 16,205 49.4 1,184.8 A
Scottsbluff 15,306 588 2,783.2 F
South Sioux City 13,801 181.1 2,652 C
Beatrice 12,272 81.5 823 A
Lexington 10,867 128.8 1,352.7 A
York 8,220 194.6 1,642.3 B
Alliance 8,024 236.8 884.8 B
Blair 8,018 124.7 723.4 A
Seward 7,664 78.3 652.4 A
Nebraska City 7,483 120.3 1,002.3 A
Crete 7,463 201 2,532.5 C
McCook 7,200 41.7 1,041.7 A
Plattsmouth 6,879 14.5 755.9 A+
Schuyler 6,529 122.5 337 A
Sidney 6,448 124.1 1,488.8 A
Ralston 6,374 109.8 1,208 A
Wayne 6,232 128.4 545.6 A
Chadron 5,134 214.3 1,908.8 B
Wahoo 5,040 99.2 535.7 A
Aurora 4,717 63.6 360.4 A+
Ogallala 4,618 173.2 1,710.7 B
Falls City 4,016 124.5 747 A
Cozad 3,917 102.1 306.4 A
O'Neill 3,576 111.9 139.8 A
Broken Bow 3,552 84.5 140.8 A+
Gothenburg 3,414 0 263.6 A+
Valley 3,301 0 272.6 A+
Minden 3,140 63.7 509.6 A
Valentine 2,632 228 873.9 B
St. Paul 2,430 82.3 411.5 A
Milford 2,231 179.3 268.9 A
Pierce 1,812 0 275.9 A+
Gordon 1,427 140.2 1,541.7 B
Laurel 940 0 0 A+
Waterloo 903 332.2 221.5 B
Boys Town 696 574.7 1,005.7 D
Showing cities 1–47 of 47 in Nebraska, by population. See the Nebraska safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the Nebraska crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every Nebraska city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.