CityPopulationRankMurders Per 100,000 ResidentsViolent Crimes Per 100,000 ResidentsProperty Crimes Per 100,000 Residentsotal Crimes Per 100,000 ResidentsChance of Crime
| Gering | 8,578 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1,609 | 1,644 | 1:61 |
| Seward | 6,995 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 1,343 | 1,429 | 1:70 |
| La Vista | 16,242 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 1,613 | 1,674 | 1:60 |
| Blair | 8,069 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 1,536 | 1,623 | 1:62 |
| Holdrege | 5,531 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 2,151 | 2,205 | 1:45 |
| Papillion | 19,466 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 2,281 | 2,322 | 1:43 |
| York | 7,857 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 2,648 | 2,699 | 1:37 |
| Columbus | 22,537 | 8 | 0 | 89 | 2,108 | 2,197 | 1:46 |
| Nebraska City | 7,366 | 9 | 0 | 55 | 2,715 | 2,770 | 1:36 |
| Plattsmouth | 6,534 | 10 | 0 | 61 | 2,755 | 2,816 | 1:36 |
| Fremont | 26,641 | 11 | 0 | 110 | 2,601 | 2,711 | 1:37 |
| McCook | 7,735 | 12 | 0 | 104 | 3,051 | 3,155 | 1:32 |
| Chadron | 5,901 | 13 | 0 | 119 | 2,779 | 2,898 | 1:35 |
| Norfolk | 24,418 | 14 | 0 | 115 | 3,358 | 3,473 | 1:29 |
| South Sioux City | 13,386 | 15 | 0 | 156 | 2,757 | 2,913 | 1:34 |
| Ralston | 6,077 | 16 | 0 | 115 | 3,554 | 3,669 | 1:27 |
| Lexington | 10,329 | 17 | 0 | 155 | 2,962 | 3,117 | 1:32 |
| Crete | 7,077 | 18 | 0 | 141 | 3,066 | 3,207 | 1:31 |
| Bellevue | 51,678 | 19 | 2 | 107 | 2,210 | 2,317 | 1:43 |
| Sidney | 6,789 | 20 | 29 | 132 | 1,473 | 1,605 | 1:62 |
| Scottsbluff | 15,174 | 21 | 0 | 125 | 3,795 | 3,920 | 1:26 |
| Hastings | 24,961 | 22 | 0 | 228 | 3,650 | 3,878 | 1:26 |
| Beatrice | 12,388 | 23 | 0 | 299 | 3,649 | 3,948 | 1:25 |
| North Platte | 24,806 | 24 | 0 | 262 | 4,507 | 4,769 | 1:21 |
| Grand Island | 49,583 | 25 | 0 | 327 | 4,648 | 4,975 | 1:20 |
| Kearney | 31,392 | 26 | 3 | 134 | 2,762 | 2,896 | 1:35 |
| Lincoln | 264,175 | 27 | 1 | 398 | 3,851 | 4,249 | 1:24 |
| Omaha | 417,970 | 28 | 10 | 595 | 4,588 | 5,183 | 1:19 |
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