Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainElm Creek has no Safety Grade
Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 2. There are no FBI figures for Elm Creek by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Kearney, 15 miles away, graded C.
The nearest Nebraska towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney | C | 15 mi | 2.7 | 15.5 |
| Lexington | B− | 20 mi | 1.0 | 13.2 |
| Minden | A− | 26 mi | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Cozad | A | 33 mi | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| Gothenburg | A | 43 mi | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Broken Bow | A | 49 mi | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Elm Creek. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Elm Creek.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Elm Creek’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 Elm Creek’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elm Creek’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.
Elm Creek 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 Elm Creek
Is Elm Creek, NE safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Elm Creek. Elm Creek has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Nebraska towns with a grade are Kearney (C, 15 mi), Lexington (B−, 20 mi), Minden (A−, 26 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Elm Creek.
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.