Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0What is recorded in Belmar, and why there is no grade
Belmar has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Keith County. The Keith County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Belmar alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Ogallala, 16 miles away, graded B−.
What stands out about safety in Belmar
Policed by the county
Belmar is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Keith County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Keith County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Belmar. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Nebraska towns with their own police figures are Ogallala (B−, 16 mi), Sidney (B−, 55 mi), North Platte (C, 63 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Belmar. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Keith County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Keith County without police of their own, which include Belmar.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Keith County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Keith County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Nebraska towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogallala | B− | 16 mi | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| Sidney | B− | 55 mi | 1.9 | 13.3 |
| North Platte | C | 63 mi | 1.4 | 21.8 |
| Alliance | B− | 73 mi | 2.6 | 9.8 |
| Gothenburg | A | 96 mi | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Scottsbluff | D | 97 mi | 5.0 | 34.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Belmar. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Belmar.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Belmar’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Nebraska towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Belmar’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Belmar’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Belmar and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Belmar
Is Belmar, NE safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Belmar. The nearest Nebraska towns with a grade are Ogallala (B−, 16 mi), Sidney (B−, 55 mi), North Platte (C, 63 mi).
Who polices Belmar?
The Keith County Sheriff’s Office. Belmar is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Keith County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Belmar.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.