Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Beatrice, NE Crime Grade
How Beatrice grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Nebraska — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Nebraska
2/10
vs. Nebraska cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Beatrice, NE was 65.0 per 100,000 residents (8 incidents over a population of 12,307). That puts Beatrice 80% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 70% below the Nebraska statewide rate of 219.3.
That ranks Beatrice #700 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 81% of them, and #2 of 16 in Nebraska. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 65% over the last five years.
Beatrice, NE crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Nebraska Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 65.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #700 of 3,771
- NE rank
- #2 of 16
- Safer than
- 81% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 65%
- Population
- 12,307
- Reporting agency
- Beatrice Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Beatrice Police Department (FBI ORI NB0340100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Beatrice, NE
History
Named on 4 July 1857, for local politician Judge J F Kinney's oldest daughter Julia Beatrice Kinney. Incorporated on 29 October 1858. (NE-T18/p63) Incorporated as a city in 1873.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Beatrice (red), Nebraska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Beatrice vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 188.1(23) | 263.1(32) | 130.9(16) | 81.5(10) | 65.0(8) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 81.8(10) | 90.4(11) | 90.0(11) | 24.4(3) | 48.8(6) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 8.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.1(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 106.3(13) | 164.4(20) | 40.9(5) | 48.9(6) | 8.1(1) |
| Property crime | 1235.2(151) | 1027.6(125) | 941.0(115) | 871.9(107) | 617.5(76) |
| Burglary | 139.1(17) | 156.2(19) | 98.2(12) | 138.5(17) | 105.6(13) |
| Larceny | 965.2(118) | 781.0(95) | 769.2(94) | 627.4(77) | 471.3(58) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 114.5(14) | 90.4(11) | 57.3(7) | 89.6(11) | 32.5(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Beatrice, NE Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Beatrice Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Beatrice calculated?
- Beatrice's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Nebraska state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Nebraska cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Beatrice Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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