Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Omaha, NE Crime Grade
How Omaha 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 Omaha, NE was 345.6 per 100,000 residents (1,688 incidents over a population of 488,395). That puts Omaha Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 58% above the Nebraska statewide rate of 219.3.
That ranks Omaha #2,824 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #13 of 16 in Nebraska. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and down 44% over the last five years.
Omaha, NE crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Nebraska Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 345.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,824 of 3,771
- NE rank
- #13 of 16
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- down 44%
- Population
- 488,395
- Reporting agency
- Omaha Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Omaha Police Department (FBI ORI NB0280200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Omaha, NE
History
ranked 48th by population in the 1980 census. Founded in 1854 and incorporated as a town in 1857 and as a city in 1875. An Indian word meaning "upstream,"also the name of a tribe designated as "upstream people."
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. Omaha (red), Nebraska (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Omaha 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 612.8(2,883) | 631.3(3,032) | 561.2(2,713) | 357.1(1,715) | 345.6(1,688) |
| Murder | 4.9(23) | 7.7(37) | 6.0(29) | 4.0(19) | 5.3(26) |
| Rape | 80.6(379) | 73.1(351) | 61.6(298) | 47.5(228) | 43.4(212) |
| Robbery | 110.3(519) | 96.6(464) | 69.5(336) | 43.9(211) | 37.3(182) |
| Aggravated assault | 417.0(1,962) | 453.9(2,180) | 424.0(2,050) | 261.7(1,257) | 259.6(1,268) |
| Property crime | 3643.9(17,144) | 3174.5(15,247) | 3468.3(16,768) | 3152.2(15,138) | 2775.8(13,557) |
| Burglary | 357.9(1,684) | 316.7(1,521) | 259.6(1,255) | 237.4(1,140) | 195.7(956) |
| Larceny | 2615.8(12,307) | 2227.2(10,697) | 2514.4(12,156) | 2264.7(10,876) | 2102.2(10,267) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 670.2(3,153) | 630.7(3,029) | 694.4(3,357) | 631.6(3,033) | 463.8(2,265) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Omaha, 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 Omaha 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 Omaha calculated?
- Omaha'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 Omaha 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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