Kearney, NE Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Kearney, NE Summary

Crime in Kearney research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Kearney over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Kearney:

  • There were 665 total crimes committed in Kearney in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,926.1 total crimes per 100K people in Kearney.
  • The overall crime rate in Kearney is -9.11% below the national average.
  • Kearney ranks #44 safest out of 56 cities in Nebraska.
  • Kearney ranks #7,059 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Kearney Vs Nebraska And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Kearney is 1,926.1 per 100,000 people. That's -9.11% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 4.27% higher than the Nebraska total crime rate of 1,847.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Kearney
/ 100k People
Nebraska
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 665 1,926.1 1,847.2 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.9 2.1 5.0
Robbery 6 17.4 20.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 63 182.5 154.5 256.0
Violent Crime 104 301.2 220.5 359.0
Burglary 58 168.0 155.1 229.0
Larceny 466 1,349.7 1,218.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 37 107.2 252.6 259.0
Property Crime 561 1,624.9 1,626.7 1,760.0

Kearney Crime Compared To Nebraska Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Nebraska.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Kearney

104
Violent Crimes
301.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-16.09%
Below The National Average
  • There were 104 violent crimes in Kearney in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Kearney is 301.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 332.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Kearney each year. That compares to a 1 in 453.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -16.09% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 36.58% higher than the Nebraska violent crime rate of 220.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Kearney

561
Property Crimes
1,624.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-7.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 561 property crimes in Kearney in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Kearney is 1,624.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Kearney each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -7.68% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -0.11% lower than the Nebraska property crime rate of 1,626.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Kearney

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mason, OH 35,923 203 565.1 528.9 36.2
Hastings, NE 24,815 577 2,325.2 2,006.9 318.4
Holdrege, NE 5,469 24 438.8 310.8 128.0
Cozad, NE 3,917 16 408.5 306.4 102.1

Kearney SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
10
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