Wahoo, NE Crime Statistics For 2025

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Wahoo, NE Summary

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

  • There were 32 total crimes committed in Wahoo in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 634.9 total crimes per 100K people in Wahoo.
  • The overall crime rate in Wahoo is -70.04% below the national average.
  • Wahoo ranks #20 safest out of 56 cities in Nebraska.
  • Wahoo ranks #2,838 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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Wahoo Vs Nebraska And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wahoo is 634.9 per 100,000 people. That's -70.04% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -65.63% lower than the Nebraska total crime rate of 1,847.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wahoo
/ 100k People
Nebraska
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 32 634.9 1,847.2 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 20.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 3 59.5 154.5 256.0
Violent Crime 5 99.2 220.5 359.0
Burglary 3 59.5 155.1 229.0
Larceny 23 456.3 1,218.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 1 19.8 252.6 259.0
Property Crime 27 535.7 1,626.7 1,760.0

Wahoo 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 Wahoo

5
Violent Crimes
99.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-72.37%
Below The National Average
  • There were 5 violent crimes in Wahoo in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wahoo is 99.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,008.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wahoo each year. That compares to a 1 in 453.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -72.37% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -55.02% lower than the Nebraska violent crime rate of 220.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wahoo

27
Property Crimes
535.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-69.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 27 property crimes in Wahoo in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wahoo is 535.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 186.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wahoo each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -69.56% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -67.07% lower than the Nebraska property crime rate of 1,626.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wahoo

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Fremont, NE 27,767 575 2,070.8 1,890.7 180.1
Ashland, NE 3,341 2 59.9 29.9 29.9

Wahoo SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8.5
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