Nebraska

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In 2022, 283 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Nebraska. This is 9 percent higher than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Nebraska in 2022 was 26 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 52 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Nebraska were not solved. This is 3 percentage points higher than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Lincoln
  • Population:  1,907,116
  • Area:  77,348 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  32st
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Featured Nebraska Missing Cases

Victor Holbrook

Missing: Jan 06, 2001
Victor Leandor Holbrook, a 66-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, went missing under mysterious circu ...Read More

Christopher Davis

Missing: Jan 01, 1980
Christopher Davis, a 25-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, was last seen on January 1, 1980. He live ...Read More

Anwesha Dey

Missing: May 03, 2015
Anwesha Dey, a 30-year-old doctoral student from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, went missing on ...Read More

Angel Gallegos-Guzman

Missing: Feb 01, 2009
Angel Gallegos-Guzman, aged 2, was last seen on February 1, 2009, in Omaha, Nebraska. He and his 3-y ...Read More

Max Cabrera

Missing: Jul 09, 2019
Max Cabrera, age 47, was last seen on July 9, 2019, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Originally from California ...Read More

Camisha Hollis

Missing: Apr 02, 2018
Camisha Hollis, a 34-year-old mother of three, was last seen in the early hours of April 2, 2018, in ...Read More

Steven Applegate

Missing: Feb 08, 2010
Steven Earl Applegate, a 17-year-old high school senior from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, disappeared on F ...Read More

Michael Ashby

Missing: Aug 24, 1992
Michael Eugene Ashby, aged 23, was last seen on August 24, 1992, in Omaha, Nebraska. That day, he in ...Read More

Regina Bos

Missing: Oct 17, 2000
Regina Marie Bos, aged 40, was last seen on October 17, 2000, in Lincoln, Nebraska. A musician and m ...Read More

Robert Thieme

Missing: Mar 23, 2020
Robert P. Thieme, aged 55, was last seen on March 23, 2020, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Prior to his disap ...Read More
Featured Nebraska Murder Cases

Arius Devers

Murdered: Mar 08, 2009
Arius Devers, a 21-year-old Omaha resident, was tragically shot and killed on March 8, 2009. Despite ...Read More

Willie Longmore

Murdered: Feb 23, 2011
Willie Alexander Longmore, aged 25, was tragically shot and killed on February 23, 2011, in Omaha, N ...Read More

Jasmine Harris

Murdered: Jun 02, 2018
Jasmine Harris, a 20-year-old woman, was tragically killed on June 2, 2018, in downtown Omaha, Nebra ...Read More

Gary Lesac

Murdered: Mar 18, 1994
Gary Lesac, a 31-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, was found dead on March 18, 1994. His body was d ...Read More

Mercedes De Leon Cayaxon

Murdered: Oct 27, 2020
Mercedes De Leon Cayaxon, a 39-year-old woman from Omaha, Nebraska, was found dead on October 27, 20 ...Read More

Fonta Whitlock

Murdered: May 24, 2007
Fonta Dupree Whitlock, a 23-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, was shot and killed on May 24, 2007. ...Read More

Deroshia Matthews

Murdered: Apr 24, 1979
On April 24, 1979, 26-year-old Deroshia Matthews and her young son Kamal were tragically murdered in ...Read More

Marquez Daye

Murdered: Aug 30, 2011
Marquez Daye, a 29-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska, was tragically shot and killed on August 30, 2011, ...Read More

Random Goynes

Murdered: Jul 25, 2008
Random Goynes, 28, was tragically killed on July 25, 2008, in Omaha, Nebraska. His death remains uns ...Read More

Irvin Settje Jr

Murdered: Apr 22, 1988
Irvin Settje Jr. was tragically murdered on April 22, 1988, while working the night shift at a gas s ...Read More

Cameron R. Harris

Murdered: Jan 24, 2015
Cameron R. Harris, 26, was one of three victims killed in a triple homicide on January 24, 2015, in ...Read More