Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Grand Island, NE Crime Grade
How Grand Island 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Nebraska
9/10
vs. Nebraska cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Grand Island, NE was 380.8 per 100,000 residents (203 incidents over a population of 53,307). That puts Grand Island Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 74% above the Nebraska statewide rate of 219.3.
That ranks Grand Island #2,959 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #14 of 16 in Nebraska. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and up 13% over the last five years.
Grand Island, NE crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Nebraska Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 380.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,959 of 3,771
- NE rank
- #14 of 16
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- up 13%
- Population
- 53,307
- Reporting agency
- Grand Island Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Grand Island Police Department (FBI ORI NB0400100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Grand Island (red), Nebraska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Grand Island 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 | 335.8(172) | 405.9(210) | 411.4(215) | 369.6(194) | 380.8(203) |
| Murder | 2.0(1) | 1.9(1) | 5.7(3) | 0.0(0) | 1.9(1) |
| Rape | 37.1(19) | 94.7(49) | 63.1(33) | 74.3(39) | 76.9(41) |
| Robbery | 29.3(15) | 38.7(20) | 30.6(16) | 32.4(17) | 15.0(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 267.4(137) | 270.6(140) | 311.9(163) | 262.9(138) | 287.0(153) |
| Property crime | 2094.6(1,073) | 2592.2(1,341) | 2089.4(1,092) | 1773.7(931) | 1716.5(915) |
| Burglary | 283.1(145) | 367.3(190) | 273.6(143) | 242.0(127) | 208.2(111) |
| Larceny | 1626.1(833) | 1917.5(992) | 1609.1(841) | 1419.4(745) | 1346.9(718) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 162.0(83) | 290.0(150) | 195.2(102) | 99.1(52) | 152.0(81) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Grand Island, 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 Grand Island 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 Grand Island calculated?
- Grand Island'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 Grand Island 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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