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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Nebraska (2026)

Franklin has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Nebraska, at 15.8 per 100k, followed by Pierce and Nuckolls. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Nebraska

Top 25 of 93 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Nebraska
RankCountyValue
1Franklin15.8 per 100k
2Pierce18.8 per 100k
3Nuckolls19.6 per 100k
4Brown20.3 per 100k
5Burt21.5 per 100k
6Clay22.8 per 100k
7Polk23.1 per 100k
8Dundy24.9 per 100k
9Greeley26.8 per 100k
10Howard27.5 per 100k
11Holt27.7 per 100k
12Thomas28.4 per 100k
13Deuel32.2 per 100k
14Fillmore36.2 per 100k
15Butler44.4 per 100k
16Hitchcock45.3 per 100k
17Merrick46.3 per 100k
18Sherman46.8 per 100k
19Cuming47.1 per 100k
20Garfield52.4 per 100k
21Cedar52.7 per 100k
22Chase52.7 per 100k
23Kimball52.7 per 100k
24Knox52.8 per 100k
25Gosper53.4 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Nebraska counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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