Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hastings, NE Crime Grade
How Hastings 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Nebraska
8/10
vs. Nebraska cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hastings, NE was 234.5 per 100,000 residents (59 incidents over a population of 25,158). That puts Hastings Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 7% above the Nebraska statewide rate of 219.3.
That ranks Hastings #2,279 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 40% of them, and #12 of 16 in Nebraska. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Hastings, NE crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Nebraska Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 234.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,279 of 3,771
- NE rank
- #12 of 16
- Safer than
- 40% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 25,158
- Reporting agency
- Hastings Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hastings Police Department (FBI ORI NB0010100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hastings, NE
History
Founded in 1872 and incorporated in 1874. Became the county seat of Adams County in 1878.
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. Hastings (red), Nebraska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hastings 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 | 332.3(82) | 377.1(94) | 298.1(74) | 318.4(79) | 234.5(59) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 72.9(18) | 72.2(18) | 80.6(20) | 112.8(28) | 75.5(19) |
| Robbery | 24.3(6) | 8.0(2) | 8.1(2) | 4.0(1) | 4.0(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 235.0(58) | 296.8(74) | 209.5(52) | 201.5(50) | 155.0(39) |
| Property crime | 2382.5(588) | 2402.7(599) | 2650.8(658) | 2010.9(499) | 1450.8(365) |
| Burglary | 291.7(72) | 144.4(36) | 205.5(51) | 137.0(34) | 79.5(20) |
| Larceny | 1872.0(462) | 2013.6(502) | 2175.4(540) | 1708.6(424) | 1212.3(305) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 198.5(49) | 212.6(53) | 257.8(64) | 161.2(40) | 147.1(37) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hastings, 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 Hastings 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 Hastings calculated?
- Hastings'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 Hastings 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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