Nebraska Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Nebraska displays a 20.38-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Bellevue, Nebraska at 60.4 points out of 100 versus Omaha, Nebraska at 40.02.
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Nebraska displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 90 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Nebraska has 2 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 1 increasing and 0 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Omaha, Nebraska has a reporting population of 488,197 residents versus 64,355 in Bellevue, Nebraska, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Nebraska is Bellevue with an adjusted safety score of 60.4 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Nebraska city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | #1 of 3 | 64,355 | 60.4 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Lincoln | #2 of 3 | 291,932 | 40.71 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Omaha | #3 of 3 | 488,197 | 40.02 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Nebraska in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Motor vehicle theft -25% (9,052 to 6,819), burglary -21%, larceny-theft -10%, aggravated assault 6%, robbery -5%, homicide 1%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 60,261 of 140,937 reports (42.8%); larceny-theft alone is 37,786 (26.8%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 91% of homicides cleared vs 19% of motor vehicle thefts and 19% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 92 reports in 2025 vs 91 in 2024 (1%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (27,156) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (8,290, 5.9% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Oct (3,422) and troughed in Feb (2,553), a 1.3× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 41 of 185 agencies reported motor vehicle theft in December 2025 (vs 39 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 185 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Nebraska monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 37786 reports vs 42127 in 2024 (down 10% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 3,049 | 34 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 2,553 | 35 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 3,079 | 34 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 3,137 | 33 | Full |
| May 2025 | 3,404 | 34 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 3,221 | 35 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 3,364 | 34 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 3,375 | 35 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 3,249 | 35 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 3,422 | 35 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 3,019 | 36 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 2,914 | 36 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 27156 reports vs 26044 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 2,058 | 38 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 1,926 | 39 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 2,223 | 38 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 2,315 | 37 | Full |
| May 2025 | 2,499 | 38 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 2,209 | 39 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 2,412 | 38 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 2,496 | 39 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 2,522 | 39 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 2,383 | 38 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 2,010 | 40 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 2,103 | 40 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 20559 reports vs 24247 in 2024 (down 15% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 1,516 | 42 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 1,237 | 43 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 1,723 | 42 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 1,677 | 41 | Full |
| May 2025 | 1,970 | 42 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 1,805 | 43 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 2,105 | 42 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 1,751 | 43 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 1,726 | 43 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 1,834 | 43 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 1,626 | 44 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 1,589 | 44 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
91% of homicides cleared vs 19% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 92 | 84 | 91.3% |
| Aggravated Assault | 5,576 | 3,662 | 65.7% |
| Robbery | 708 | 354 | 50.0% |
| Burglary | 4,078 | 786 | 19.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 37,786 | 11,124 | 29.4% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 6,819 | 1,269 | 18.6% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Nebraska city reports
- Bellevue safety report: #1 of 3, population 64,355, score 60.4, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Lincoln safety report: #2 of 3, population 291,932, score 40.71, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Omaha safety report: #3 of 3, population 488,197, score 40.02, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
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Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Nebraska reporting agencies recorded 3,422 larceny-theft offenses in Oct 2025 versus 2,553 in Feb 2025, a difference of 869 reports; 35 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 35 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 37,786 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Nebraska reporting agencies recorded 2,522 simple assault offenses in Sep 2025 versus 1,926 in Feb 2025, a difference of 596 reports; 39 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 39 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 27,156 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Nebraska reporting agencies recorded 2,105 vandalism offenses in Jul 2025 versus 1,237 in Feb 2025, a difference of 868 reports; 42 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 43 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 20,559 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Nebraska reporting agencies recorded 84 cleared homicide offenses against 92 reports received in 2025 (91.3%), compared with 1,269 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 6,819 reports (18.6%), a 72.7-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Bellevue, Nebraska records 60.4 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 13.36 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 47.04; its reporting population of 64,355 residents accounts for 7.6% of the 844,484 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Omaha, Nebraska records 40.02 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 7.02 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 47.04; its reporting population of 488,197 residents accounts for 57.8% of the 844,484 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Lincoln, Nebraska records 40.71 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 6.33 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 47.04; its reporting population of 291,932 residents accounts for 34.6% of the 844,484 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Nebraska reporting-agency sums contain 37,786 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 42,127 in 2024, 4,341 reports (10.3%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 24 to 36 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Nebraska reporting-agency sums contain 27,156 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 26,044 in 2024, 1,112 reports (4.3%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 29 to 40 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Nebraska reporting-agency sums contain 20,559 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 24,247 in 2024, 3,688 reports (15.2%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 32 to 44 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Nebraska directory
The scoring run contains 90 reportable jurisdictions in Nebraska. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Bellevue has the highest adjusted score at 60.4, and Omaha has the lowest at 40.02. The public-cohort range is 20.38 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 2 decreasing, 0 stable, and 1 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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