What is the crime rate in Kearney, NE?

In 2025, the Kearney Police Department reported 80 violent crimes and 427 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 229 violent and 1,221 property crimes per 100,000 of the 34,959 residents it serves.

Across Nebraska the rates were 223 and 1,404.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 229
Property per 100,000: 1,221
Violent crimes: 80
Property crimes: 427

Crime reported by the Kearney Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	105	304	640	1,856	34,486
2024	105	304	565	1,636	34,525
2025	80	229	427	1,221	34,959

Violent crimes reported went from 105 in 2023 to 80 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 640 in 2023 to 427 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Kearney against Nebraska and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kearney	229	1,221
Buffalo County	169	923
Nebraska	223	1,404
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Kearney, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kearney	—	229	1,221
Minden	15 mi	96	32
Holdrege	24 mi	180	90
Ravenna	25 mi	0	365

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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