Midway Stage Station · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainGothenburg sees less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Measured on crimes Gothenburg’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A: #3 of 37 graded towns in Nebraska. It has less violent crime than 89% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 88%. Typical years here bring 0.4 violent crime plus 3.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 2.8 plus 20.6 in the rest of Nebraska. The crimes the grade counts fell 64% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NE” is every other Nebraska city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Gothenburg
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Gothenburg’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Gothenburg property | Rest of Nebraska property | Gothenburg violent | Rest of Nebraska violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.9 | 26.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 20.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 23.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Nebraska.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Gothenburg | Rest of Nebraska | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Gothenburg’s police reported 4 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Nebraska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Gothenburg per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
8 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
0 violent and 8 property, as reported to the FBI by Gothenburg’s police.
No one died in a crash on Gothenburg’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 Gothenburg’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Gothenburg’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.
Gothenburg and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gothenburg | A | 0.4 | 3.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Nebraska towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gothenburg | A | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Valley | A | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Broken Bow | A | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Cozad | A | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| Minden | A− | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Falls City | B+ | 1.2 | 7.0 |
The five graded Nebraska towns closest to Gothenburg’s population (3,430), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Gothenburg. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Gothenburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,439 in 2025); our figure for Gothenburg is 3,430 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Gothenburg
Is Gothenburg, NE safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Gothenburg reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #3 of 37 in Nebraska. Its police reported 0.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Nebraska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Gothenburg?
0.4 violent and 3.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Nebraska reports 2.8 and 20.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Gothenburg?
Gothenburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Gothenburg”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.