Omaha, NE crime rate
In 2025 the Omaha Police Department reported 349.5 violent crimes and 2,794.7 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Nebraska and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Murder, 2024: possibly incomplete. 20 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Feb, Jun, Jul, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2025: 26 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Arson, 2022: possibly incomplete. 0 reported; 12 of 12 months zero (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 90 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Omaha compare with Nebraska and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Omaha only.
What offenses were reported in Omaha, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Nebraska | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,707 | 349.5 | 218.4 | 327.6 | down 2.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 26 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 4.1 | See data note | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 232 | 47.5 | 42.8 | 36.1 | down 2.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 180 | 36.9 | 18.7 | 49.4 | down 15.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 1,269 | 259.8 | 154.7 | 238.0 | down 1.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 13,649 | 2,794.7 | 1,378.6 | 1,534.8 | down 11.4% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 970 | 198.6 | 119.2 | 193.6 | down 16.3% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 10,347 | 2,118.6 | 1,074.3 | 1,144.1 | down 6.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2,264 | 463.6 | 185.2 | 197.0 | down 26.6% | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 68 | 13.9 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 25.7% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Omaha Police Department and sent to the FBI. Nebraska and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported; 2023: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Omaha | United States | Nebraska |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 297.0 |
| 2022 | 561.2 | 388.7 | 284.7 |
| 2023 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 379.5 | 232.7 |
| 2024 | 359.2 | 362.9 | 219.4 |
| 2025 | 349.5 | 327.6 | 218.4 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported; 2023: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Omaha | United States | Nebraska |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 1,818.6 |
| 2022 | 3,468.3 | 1,973.8 | 1,893.5 |
| 2023 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 1,934.1 | 1,975.7 |
| 2024 | 3,153.5 | 1,761.1 | 1,625.4 |
| 2025 | 2,794.7 | 1,534.8 | 1,378.6 |
Is Omaha safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Omaha Police Department reported, 349.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Nebraska's 218.4, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 2.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
At 349.5 per 100,000 residents covered by the Omaha Police Department, the violent crime rate Omaha reported to the FBI for 2025 rests on 1,707 offenses. That figure was 1.6 times the Nebraska estimate of 218.4, and 1.1 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime came to 2,794.7 per 100,000 in 2025, 2.0 times the state rate of 1,378.6 and 1.8 times the national 1,534.8.
The trend here starts in 2022: the department sent nothing for 2021, and 2023 is a partial year: 7 of 12 months, so it is left out of every comparison. From 2022 to 2025 violent crime fell 37.7%, from 561.2 to 349.5, while the Nebraska estimate moved from 284.7 to 218.4. Property crime is down 19.4% across the same years and 11.4% from 2024.
Robbery fell 46.9% and aggravated assault 38.7% between 2022 and 2025; aggravated assault still made up 74% of violent crime in 2025. Motor vehicle theft dropped 26.6% in the last year, to 463.6 per 100,000, which is 2.4 times the US rate. Murder came to 5.3 per 100,000 in 2025, 26 homicides, against 4.1 nationally.
The 2024 homicide count is flagged as possibly incomplete, since several months were sent as zero, and the 2022 arson count is flagged the same way, so neither is used here. Omaha has reported to NIBRS since 2023. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and University of Nebraska at Omaha police report separately, so their cases are not part of these figures.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.94 per 1,000 residents (788 officers, 161 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Omaha Police Department (ORI NB0280200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Nebraska and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NB0280200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Omaha Police Department (NB0280200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NB0280200__from-2021-to-2025.json)