Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Columbus, NE Crime Grade
How Columbus 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 Columbus, NE was 82.7 per 100,000 residents (21 incidents over a population of 25,392). That puts Columbus Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 62% below the Nebraska statewide rate of 219.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Columbus (red), Nebraska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Columbus 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 | 96.9(23) | 78.6(19) | 123.7(30) | 93.5(23) | 82.7(21) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) |
| Rape | 63.2(15) | 58.0(14) | 57.7(14) | 52.9(13) | 51.2(13) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 24.7(6) | 4.1(1) | 11.8(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 33.7(8) | 16.6(4) | 41.2(10) | 36.6(9) | 15.8(4) |
| Property crime | 956.7(227) | 1246.0(301) | 1298.6(315) | 992.1(244) | 732.5(186) |
| Burglary | 59.0(14) | 91.1(22) | 123.7(30) | 97.6(24) | 47.3(12) |
| Larceny | 834.5(198) | 1039.0(251) | 1092.5(265) | 821.3(202) | 641.9(163) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 54.8(13) | 107.6(26) | 82.5(20) | 69.1(17) | 43.3(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Columbus's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Nebraska cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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