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Safety in West Point · Not graded

Crime reported in West Point, NE

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

Violent crimes
1
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
14
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
32 mi
Wayne (A−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported

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

Property crime (4.1)Violent crime (0.3)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

West Point0.3
Rest of NE2.9
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

West Point4.1
Rest of NE18.6
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 West Point’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
YearWest PointRest of NebraskaWest PointRest of Nebraska
20221.526.01.23.9
20233.220.20.62.5
2024not reported22.9not reported2.9
20254.118.60.32.9

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

15 crimes reported in 2025

1 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by West Point’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft9
Burglary2
Vehicle theft3
Aggravated assault1
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
1
violent crimes
14
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
WayneA−32 mi1.05.2
SchuylerA−32 mi1.13.7
BlairB+36 mi1.17.7
NorfolkB−39 mi1.79.8
ValleyA40 mi0.23.2
WahooA−43 mi0.64.7

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on West Point’s roads in 2019–2023

West Point had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.

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 West Point’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Point’s own rate (5.8) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
5.8
per 100,000 a year · Nebraska towns of 2,500–5,000: 0.0

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

West Point and its neighbors

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

Sherman Township: not gradedSherman TownshipWest Point
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

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 West Point. 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 West Point’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,450 in 2025); our figure for West Point is 3,411 (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 West Point

Is West Point, NE safe?

There is no Safety Grade for West Point. West Point’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Nebraska towns with a grade are Wayne (A−, 32 mi), Schuyler (A−, 32 mi), Blair (B+, 36 mi).

Who polices West Point?

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