Omaha, NE Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Omaha, NE Summary

Crime in Omaha research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Omaha 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 Omaha:

  • There were 16,956 total crimes committed in Omaha in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,530.8 total crimes per 100K people in Omaha.
  • The overall crime rate in Omaha is 66.61% above the national average.
  • Omaha ranks #56 safest out of 56 cities in Nebraska.
  • Omaha ranks #9,027 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.

Additional research about crime in Nebraska

Omaha Vs Nebraska And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Omaha is 3,530.8 per 100,000 people. That's 66.61% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 91.14% higher than the Nebraska total crime rate of 1,847.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Omaha
/ 100k People
Nebraska
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 16,956 3,530.8 1,847.2 2,119.2
Murder 19 4.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 225 46.9 20.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1,306 272.0 154.5 256.0
Violent Crime 1,772 369.0 220.5 359.0
Burglary 1,133 235.9 155.1 229.0
Larceny 10,874 2,264.3 1,218.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 3,177 661.6 252.6 259.0
Property Crime 15,184 3,161.8 1,626.7 1,760.0

Omaha 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 Omaha

1,772
Violent Crimes
369.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
2.78%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,772 violent crimes in Omaha in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Omaha is 369.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 271.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Omaha each year. That compares to a 1 in 453.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 2.78% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 67.30% higher than the Nebraska violent crime rate of 220.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Omaha

15,184
Property Crimes
3,161.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
79.65%
Above The National Average
  • There were 15,184 property crimes in Omaha in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Omaha is 3,161.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 31.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Omaha each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 79.65% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 94.37% higher than the Nebraska property crime rate of 1,626.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Omaha

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bellevue, NE 63,510 782 1,231.3 1,132.1 99.2
Council Bluffs, IA 62,269 1,789 2,873.0 2,452.3 420.8
Papillion, NE 23,597 245 1,038.3 1,004.4 33.9
La Vista, NE 16,205 200 1,234.2 1,184.8 49.4
Blair, NE 8,018 68 848.1 723.4 124.7
Plattsmouth, NE 6,879 53 770.5 755.9 14.5
Ralston, NE 6,374 84 1,317.9 1,208.0 109.8
Carter Lake, IA 3,749 199 5,308.1 4,747.9 560.1

Omaha SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
4
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
9
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