What city in Nebraska has the lowest crime rate?

Papillion, NE has the lowest violent crime rate among Nebraska cities with 10,000+ population in this ranking, at 33.9 per 100,000 residents for 2024, according to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program data.

What is the safest area to live in Nebraska?

Based on FBI UCR violent-crime rates, Papillion ranks safest among Nebraska cities with 10,000+ population. The top 5 are Papillion, La Vista, Beatrice, Columbus, Bellevue. Smaller towns below the population threshold aren't included since low incident counts make their per-capita rates statistically unstable.

Nebraska's 16 safest ranked cities average a violent crime rate of 217.6 per 100,000 residents, which is below the commonly-cited US national average. Safety varies significantly by city; see the full ranking above and each city's individual profile for specifics.

Safest Cities in Nebraska

Top 16 cities (≥10,000 pop) by lowest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Papillion at 33.9/100K.

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Nebraska

Nebraska lists 16 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Papillion at 33.9/100K violent down to Scottsbluff at 588/100K on this cut. That is a 554.1/100K spread inside the safest cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 217.6 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Papillion reported 8 violent and 237 property offenses on a 23,597 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 1004.4/100K sits beside the 33.9/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Papillion, La Vista, Beatrice, Columbus, Bellevue.

Papillion offense desk

Papillion's 2024 violent book concentrates in rape (75% of 8 Part I violent offenses; mix index 5,938).

Papillion's violent rate fell 33.6% vs 2023 (51.0 → 33.9 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Nebraska list.

Papillion violent offense mix (2024)

Aggravated assault 1 offenses (13%) Robbery 1 offenses (13%) Rape 6 offenses (75%)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

#	City	Grade	Population	Violent Crime Rate	Property Crime Rate
1	Papillion	A	23,597	33.9/100K	1004.4/100K
2	La Vista	A	16,205	49.4/100K	1184.8/100K
3	Beatrice	A	12,272	81.5/100K	823/100K
4	Columbus	A	24,595	85.4/100K	927/100K
5	Bellevue	A	63,510	99.2/100K	1132.1/100K
6	Lexington	A	10,867	128.8/100K	1352.7/100K
7	North Platte	B	22,268	148.2/100K	2582.2/100K
8	Fremont	B	27,767	180.1/100K	1890.7/100K
9	South Sioux City	C	13,801	181.1/100K	2652/100K
10	Norfolk	B	26,234	202/100K	1143.6/100K
11	Kearney	C	34,525	301.2/100K	1624.9/100K
12	Hastings	C	24,815	318.4/100K	2006.9/100K
13	Lincoln	C	295,808	347.9/100K	2445.8/100K
14	Grand Island	C	52,488	367.7/100K	1760.4/100K
15	Omaha	D	480,235	369/100K	3161.8/100K
16	Scottsbluff	F	15,306	588/100K	2783.2/100K

Nebraska overview · Most dangerous cities · National safest cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.

Compiled by PlainCrime