Omaha Crime Map

Nebraska · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	44 incidents, 16 violent (2026-11-11)
2026 YTD	22,741 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	29,437 incidents
Full archive	159,413 incidents (2022–2026)
Per 100K / year	6,017

Source: Omaha Police Department open data.

About crime in Omaha

Latest mapped day. Omaha recorded 44 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 16 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Omaha recorded 32,169 incidents in 2024 and 29,437 in 2025, a 8.5% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown

Assault	16
Vandalism	10
Theft	7
Burglary	3
Auto theft	3
Fraud	3
Other	2

Across 2022–2026, the current archive contains 159,413 incidents for Omaha. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Omaha crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Omaha recorded 29,437 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, according to Omaha Police Department data through November 2026. Theft was the most common category with 10,467 reports, or 35.6% of the total, followed by assault with 7,850 reports. The 2025 total fell 8.5% from 32,169 incidents in 2024. The archive holds 159,413 incidents from 2022 to 2026. The rate was 6,016.6 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps crime map for Omaha, Nebraska shows the location of police-reported incidents released in open data from the Omaha Police Department. The view on this page covers calendar year 2025, a complete 12-month period, with data through November 2026.

Omaha recorded 29,437 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 6,016.6 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 489,265 for the city. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 8,070, or 27.4% of the 2025 total, for a rate of 1,649.4 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents. Theft was the largest category in 2025 with 10,467 reports. The all-years archive holds 159,413 incidents from 2022 to 2026.

Recent trend

Reported incidents declined 8.5% from 32,169 in 2024 to 29,437 in 2025, based on two consecutive complete calendar years. That 2025 total continues a decrease from 37,636 in 2023 and 36,777 in 2022. For the current window, January–October 2026 recorded 22,741 incidents, down 8.7% from 24,896 in the same months of 2025. The 2026 full-year count of 23,394 covers 11 months with data and remains partial, so it is not compared as an annual total. All four years from 2022 through 2025 include 12 months of data.

Category breakdown

Theft was the most reported category in 2025 with 10,467 incidents, or 35.6% of the 29,437 total. Assault followed with 7,850 incidents, or 26.7%, and Vandalism ranked third with 4,943 incidents, or 16.8%. Auto theft totaled 2,259 incidents, or 7.7%, while Fraud totaled 2,223 incidents, or 7.6%. Burglary totaled 919 incidents, or 3.1%. Outside those six groupings, Other crime added 556 incidents, or 1.9% of the 2025 total. The 2025 figures describe police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. Violent-category incidents were 27.4% of all 2025 reports.

What this means

Omaha recorded 29,437 incidents in 2025, down from 37,636 in 2023 and 32,169 in 2024. Theft stands out at 10,467 reports, or 35.6% of the 2025 total, followed by Assault at 7,850 reports, or 26.7%, and Vandalism at 4,943 reports, or 16.8%. Auto theft at 2,259 and Fraud at 2,223 sit close together at 7.7% and 7.6%. Burglary contributed 919 reports, or 3.1%, leaving Theft and Assault as the clear drivers of the 2025 count.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in Omaha in 2025?
Omaha recorded 29,437 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, which covers 12 months of data. That equals 6,016.6 reported incidents per 100,000 residents using the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 489,265. Violent-category incidents totaled 8,070 in 2025, representing 27.4% of the yearly total.

What was the most common crime in Omaha in 2025?
Theft was the most reported category in Omaha in 2025 with 10,467 incidents, or 35.6% of the 29,437 total incidents that year. Assault was second with 7,850 incidents, or 26.7% of the total, followed by Vandalism with 4,943 incidents, or 16.8%. Auto theft, fraud and burglary accounted for smaller shares of the 2025 total.

Did crime increase or decrease in Omaha between 2024 and 2025?
Reported incidents declined from 32,169 in 2024 to 29,437 in 2025, a decrease of 8.5% across two consecutive complete calendar years. The longer archive shows 37,636 incidents in 2023, 32,169 in 2024 and 29,437 in 2025. For January–October 2026, Omaha recorded 22,741 incidents compared with 24,896 in the same months of 2025, a decrease of 8.7%.

Which Omaha neighborhoods had the most crime in 2025?
This page reports Omaha crime at the city level for 2025, with a citywide total of 29,437 police-reported incidents. The dataset provided for this period lists 0 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025, so no neighborhood comparison is shown here. Citywide categories for 2025 include theft with 10,467 incidents and burglary with 919 incidents for additional context.

Where does the Omaha crime data come from?
The 2025 figures for Omaha, including the total of 29,437 incidents and the category counts for theft and assault, come from the Omaha Police Department. The all-years archive from 2022 to 2026 contains 159,413 incidents from the same department source. Counts reflect police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025 as provided by that agency.

How up to date is the Omaha crime data?
These Omaha pages are current through November 2026, the latest month with data. The complete year 2025 recorded 29,437 incidents, while 2026 is still partial with 23,394 incidents across 11 months with data. On a comparable basis, January–October 2026 recorded 22,741 incidents versus 24,896 in the same months of 2025.

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