CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Omaha Police Department

Crime in Omaha, NE

The violent crime rate in Omaha is 342 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 22% below the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −5% compared with the previous 12 months.

The downtown skyline in Omaha, Nebraska, as seen from across the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. /sim.
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

342 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,670 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−5% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,524 per 100,000 residents, per year

12,328 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−14% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

2,866 per 100,000 residents, per year

13,998 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 488,395, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Omaha sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

342

Omaha has the 159th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 143 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Omaha; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Huntsville, AL351154
Chula Vista, CA351155
Sioux Falls, SD347156
Miami, FL345157
Arlington, TX345158
Omaha, NE342159
Frederick, MD341160
Eugene, OR340161
Erie, PA340162
Gresham, OR339163
Tampa, FL338164

The places closest to Omaha in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Omaha crime map

official map linked
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Omaha Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Omaha and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

For where incidents happened, Omaha Police Department publishes its own map of recent incidents; it is linked under Official map.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Omaha, 7 have a higher violent crime rate and 1 a lower one. The closest is Lincoln, NE, 45 miles away.

Omaha and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Omaha, NE342
Lincoln, NE39145 mi
Des Moines, IA661128 mi
Topeka, KS882155 mi
Sioux Falls, SD347161 mi
Kansas City, KS886163 mi
Kansas City, MO1,325168 mi
Independence, MO478175 mi
Olathe, KS209177 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Aug 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 141 reported29−31% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 21 reported4.3−12% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 7,337 reported1,502−9% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 2,267 reported464−8% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 1,791 reported367−30% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 890 reported182−16% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent14129—−31%
HomicideViolent214.3—−12%
TheftProperty7,3371,502—−9%
Theft from vehiclesProperty2,267464—−8%
Vehicle theftProperty1,791367—−30%
BurglaryProperty890182—−16%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Omaha Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (44th highest rate of 155), robbery (115th highest rate of 152) and burglary (86th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime −5%

050100150200SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug143173
Violent crimes per month in Omaha, NE, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 2025149Sep 2024148
Oct 2025153Oct 2024158
Nov 2025127Nov 2024154
Dec 2025118Dec 2024132
Jan 2026117Jan 2025116
Feb 2026120Feb 2025116
Mar 2026117Mar 2025145
Apr 2026157Apr 2025154
May 2026156May 2025152
Jun 2026144Jun 2025155
Jul 2026169Jul 2025149
Aug 2026143Aug 2025173

Homicides −12%

0246SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug11
Homicides per month in Omaha, NE, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20251Sep 20243
Oct 20255Oct 20243
Nov 20252Nov 20240
Dec 20253Dec 20243
Jan 20261Jan 20251
Feb 20260Feb 20254
Mar 20261Mar 20252
Apr 20260Apr 20251
May 20262May 20250
Jun 20264Jun 20253
Jul 20261Jul 20253
Aug 20261Aug 20251

10 in 2026 through August, 15 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Omaha, NE
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 20261439711
Jul 20261691,0581
Jun 20261441,1174
May 20261569882
Apr 20261579890
Mar 20261178731
Feb 20261208280
Jan 20261171,0001
Dec 20251181,0623
Nov 20251271,0762
Oct 20251531,1825
Sep 20251491,1841
Aug 20251731,2191
Jul 20251491,2803
Jun 20251551,1903
May 20251521,1980
Apr 20251541,1441
Mar 20251451,1042
Feb 20251168824
Jan 20251161,1281
Dec 20241321,2593
Nov 20241541,3140
Oct 20241581,3213
Sep 20241481,2193
Aug 20241441,1521
Jul 20241471,3190
Jun 20241531,3030
May 20241531,2735
Apr 20241201,2231
Mar 20241621,3152
Feb 20241341,2500
Jan 20241201,1962
Dec 20231321,3792
Nov 20231441,3927
Oct 20231621,8123
Sep 20231771,6530

How Omaha compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
2Oakland, CA1,4755,255444,211Dec 2025
5Kansas City, MO1,3253,411518,039Jul 2026
37Atlanta, GA7962,712525,939Sep 2026
62Colorado Springs, CO6572,740496,560Sep 2026
72Long Beach, CA6212,553447,317Dec 2025
118Mesa, AZ4271,139519,990Aug 2026
137Raleigh, NC3832,132508,719Aug 2026
157Miami, FL3452,134498,792Jul 2026
159Omaha, NE3422,524488,395Aug 2026
277Virginia Beach, VA1111,402454,805Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Omaha in population, Omaha included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
132Lincoln, NE3911,767302,860Aug 2026
159Omaha, NE3422,524488,395Aug 2026

All 2 places in Nebraska on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
5Kansas City, MO1,3253,411518,039Jul 2026
26Kansas City, KS8862,936156,815May 2026
27Topeka, KS8823,467125,228Dec 2025
61Des Moines, IA6612,257212,933Sep 2026
109Independence, MO4782,897121,329Jul 2026
132Lincoln, NE3911,767302,860Aug 2026
156Sioux Falls, SD3472,123213,449Feb 2026
159Omaha, NE3422,524488,395Aug 2026
230Olathe, KS209831150,965Aug 2026
243Overland Park, KS1731,443204,173Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Omaha by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Omaha side by side with Lincoln, Colorado Springs or Miami, or with any other place.

Other cities in Nebraska

1 city page, closest first

Nebraska as a whole has 212 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Omaha’s rate is 61% above the state’s.

Lincoln

All 2 cities in Nebraska

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Omaha safe?

By reported violent crime, Omaha is below the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 342 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −5% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Omaha?

Yes, from the police itself: Omaha Police Department publishes its own map of recent incidents (https://apps.dcgis.org/vertigisstudio/Web/?app=7a52f8e3052843fa91707c559e373fe0). The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Omaha compares with nearby places such as Lincoln, NE instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Omaha?

342 violent and 2,524 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 13,998 incidents reported to Omaha Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026. Violent crime includes 141 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 890 burglaries, 2,267 thefts from vehicles and 7,337 other thefts.

Is crime in Omaha going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −5% and property crime −14% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Omaha had in 2026?

Omaha Police Department reported 10 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 15 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 21, or 4 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Omaha Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NB0280200). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Omaha

12 months to August 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat14129−31%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal890182−16%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included2,267464−8%
Vehicle theft1,791367−30%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

NB0280200
Source
Omaha Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset NB0280200)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (37 months)
Update schedule
Omaha Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)