Kearney, NE Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Kearney, NE Summary

Crime in Kearney research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Kearney over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Kearney:

  • There were 667 total crimes committed in Kearney the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,951.1 total crimes per 100K people in Kearney.
  • The overall crime rate in Kearney is -16.05% below the national average.
  • Kearney ranks #52 safest out of 68 cities in Nebraska.
  • Kearney ranks #6,435 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Kearney Vs Nebraska And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Kearney is 1,951.1 per 100,000 people. That's -16.05% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -13.02% lower than the Nebraska total crime rate of 2,243.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Kearney
/ 100k People
Nebraska
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 667 1,951.1 2,243.2 2,324.2
Murder 1 2.9 3.6 6.3
Robbery 7 20.5 41.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 69 201.8 229.3 268.2
Violent Crime 117 342.2 334.1 369.8
Burglary 70 204.8 229.9 269.8
Larceny 444 1,298.8 1,418.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 36 105.3 260.5 282.7
Property Crime 550 1,608.8 1,909.2 1,954.4

Kearney Crime Compared To Nebraska Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Nebraska.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Kearney

117
Violent Crimes
342.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-7.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 117 violent crimes in Kearney in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Kearney is 342.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 292.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Kearney each year. That compares to a 1 in 299.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -7.45% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 2.44% higher than the Nebraska violent crime rate of 334.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Kearney

550
Property Crimes
1,608.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-17.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 550 property crimes in Kearney in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Kearney is 1,608.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 62.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Kearney each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -17.68% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -15.73% lower than the Nebraska property crime rate of 1,909.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Kearney

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mason, OH 35,344 241 681.9 667.7 14.1
Hastings, NE 24,930 681 2,731.6 2,358.6 373.0
Holdrege, NE 5,469 24 438.8 310.8 128.0
Cozad, NE 3,857 43 1,114.9 1,037.1 77.8
Minden, NE 3,031 23 758.8 725.8 33.0
Ravenna, NE 1,369 18 1,314.8 1,314.8 0.0

Kearney SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
10
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