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Safety in Omaha · Not graded

Crime reported in Omaha, NE

Omaha’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
1,686
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
13,526
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
4 mi
Ralston (B−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 28 property crimes reported

And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (27.7)Violent crime (3.5)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Omaha3.5
Rest of NE2.5
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Omaha27.7
Rest of NE13.5
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Omaha’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Nebraska. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

Show as a table
YearOmahaRest of NebraskaOmahaRest of Nebraska
202234.720.55.62.8
2023not reported20.1not reported2.5
202431.617.83.72.4
202527.713.53.52.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

15,212 crimes reported in 2025

1,686 violent and 13,526 property, as reported to the FBI by Omaha’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft10,299
Burglary963
Vehicle theft2,264
Aggravated assault1,268
Robbery180
Rape212
Homicide26
Arson69
1,686
violent crimes
13,526
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Nebraska towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
RalstonB−4 mi1.513.9
La VistaB6 mi0.612.8
PapillionB+8 mi0.49.6
BellevueB−10 mi1.112.8
ValleyA17 mi0.23.2
BlairB+20 mi1.17.7

Straight-line distance from the center of Omaha. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Omaha.

On the roads

169 people died in crashes on Omaha’s roads in 2019–2023

Omaha had 162 fatal crashes in five years, in which 169 people died; 31 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 30 died in crashes on an Interstate.

169
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
31
pedestrians among them
2
cyclists among them
6.9
per 100,000 a year

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.

Next door

Omaha and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
RalstonB−1.513.9
BellevueB−1.112.8

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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 Omaha. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
  • Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Omaha’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (488,395 in 2025); our figure for Omaha is 488,797 (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 Omaha

Is Omaha, NE safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Omaha. Omaha’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Nebraska towns with a grade are Ralston (B−, 4 mi), La Vista (B, 6 mi), Papillion (B+, 8 mi).

Who polices Omaha?

Omaha’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Omaha”. 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.