Valley
Douglas County · 3,412 people4.04 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.2, property 3.2
Nebraska rankings · Safety
Safest towns in Nebraska
Valley reports the least crime per resident of Nebraska’s 37 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 11 of the 37 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 1 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
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#2Broken Bow
Custer County · 3,507 people4.09 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.9, property 0.7
#3Gothenburg
Dawson County · 3,430 people4.99 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.4, property 3.4
All 37 towns
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
37 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
#TownWeighted rateViolentPropertyGrade
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: Scottsbluff, 54.32. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
Not ranked
20 towns without figures of their own
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 10 of Nebraska’s counties and county sheriff figures for 71; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
- Ashland Saunders County · 3,483 people: figures for 2023 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Auburn Nemaha County · 3,498 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Central City Merrick County · 3,184 people: figures for 2023 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Chalco Sarpy County · 10,595 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Columbus Township Platte County · 3,360 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- David City Butler County · 3,068 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Fairbury Jefferson County · 3,812 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Fremont Dodge County · 28,350 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Gering Scotts Bluff County · 8,535 people: figures for 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Gretna Sarpy County · 9,207 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hickman Lancaster County · 3,663 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Holdrege Phelps County · 5,555 people: figures for 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- O'Neill Holt County · 3,567 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Offutt AFB Sarpy County · 6,074 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Omaha Douglas County · 488,797 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Township 1 Washington County · 4,517 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Township 2 Washington County · 3,213 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Township 7 Washington County · 2,760 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Waverly Lancaster County · 4,533 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- West Point Cuming County · 3,411 people: figures for 2023 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which is the safest town in Nebraska?
Valley (Douglas County) reports the least crime per resident: 4.04 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.20 violent and 3.23 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports to the FBI. Broken Bow (4.09) and Gothenburg (4.99) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 20 Nebraska towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
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