The Omaha metro area, the 56th-largest in the US, is home to 982,100 residents in Nebraska and Iowa; Omaha itself is the largest city in Nebraska · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Omaha area?
Property crime in the Omaha area sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Theft makes up 51% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A. The city of Omaha itself grades B for property crime.
A-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 804 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Omaha area as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Omaha area scores 804.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Omaha, NE at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Omaha area, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in the Omaha area
Car thefts run high in Jefferson Square, Columbus Park & Downtown Omaha. In this part of east Omaha, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Omaha.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Omaha area
In the Omaha area, 76% of residents live in areas graded A or B for property crime, 9% in areas graded C and 15% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Omaha area run from A+ to F.
76%15%
A or B 76%C 9%D or F 15%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Omaha
1Millard, southwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Omaha.A849
2Northwest Omaha, northwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Omaha.A-843
3West Omaha, westCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Omaha.A-824
4South Central Omaha, southCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Omaha.B+696
5Central Omaha, centralActs of vandalism run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Omaha.B668
Neighborhood areas of the city of Omaha, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Omaha metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is property crime going up in the Omaha area?
Reported property crime in the Omaha area has fallen 24% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 27 to 20 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Omaha areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Omaha area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Omaha area
Property, US
2016
+4%
+15%
2017
+6%
+12%
2018
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-15%
-8%
2021
-18%
-10%
2022
-13%
-6%
2023
-3%
-7%
2024
-24%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in the Omaha area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Omaha area has about 28 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% more than the US as a whole and 15% more than Nebraska.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in the Omaha area, about 51% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in the Omaha area and nearby metro areas
The Omaha area has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest metro areas.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Omaha area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Omaha area is safer than 54% of them.
Empty homes, density and night lighting in the Omaha area
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets the Omaha area apart: it has 4.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary; here burglary sits near the national middle.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.4.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 83% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.14% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% of Americans in metro areas
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.91% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 63% of Americans in metro areas
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs the Omaha area
Property crime costs the Omaha area about $207 million a year, or $211 per resident and about $551 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$17 million
$17
Theft
$73 million
$75
Vehicle theft
$58 million
$60
Arson
$2.9 million
$3
Vandalism
$55 million
$56
Total
$207 million
$211
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. These figures cover the whole Omaha metro area. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
