What is the crime rate in Scottsbluff, NE?

In 2025, the Scottsbluff Police Department reported 103 violent crimes and 470 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 672 violent and 3,064 property crimes per 100,000 of the 15,337 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: 672
Property per 100,000: 3,064
Violent crimes: 103
Property crimes: 470

Crime reported by the Scottsbluff 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	38	249	688	4,512	15,249
2024	90	588	434	2,835	15,306
2025	103	672	470	3,064	15,337

Violent crimes reported went from 38 in 2023 to 103 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 688 in 2023 to 470 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.

Scottsbluff against Nebraska and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Scottsbluff	672	3,064
Scotts Bluff County	465	1,634
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 Scottsbluff, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Scottsbluff	—	672	3,064
Gering	2.8 mi	105	492
Mitchell	9.2 mi	330	462
Bayard	19 mi	0	542
Torrington	30 mi	321	819
Alliance	43 mi	211	895
Kimball	44 mi	183	457

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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