The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Dodge County, NE
Dodge County is home to 37,400 residents and includes Fremont and North Bend · Updated November 2026
Is Dodge County, NE safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Dodge County: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Dodge County run from A+ to B+, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 918 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Dodge County as a whole, and 27% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Dodge County scores 918.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Dodge County, NE at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Dodge County, 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 in Dodge County
Car thefts are uncommon. Dodge County has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Dodge County
Every part of Dodge County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Dodge County run from A+ to B+; 57% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Dodge County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Dodge County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Dodge County is up 79% and property crime is down 15%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.5 to 2.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 16 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Dodge CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Dodge County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Dodge County
Violent, US
Property, Dodge County
Property, US
2016
+41%
+4%
+2%
+15%
2017
+28%
+4%
+2%
+12%
2018
+31%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
+4%
+4%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
+13%
+5%
-22%
-6%
2023
+74%
+2%
-21%
-7%
2024
+79%
-4%
-15%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Dodge County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Dodge County has about 41 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% more than the US as a whole and close to Nebraska.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Dodge County is assault, about 41% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How Dodge County compares with nearby counties
Dodge County has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest counties. Burt County and Butler County have the least crime nearby.
Dodge County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Dodge County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.50 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 67% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 66% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.7.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 61% of Americans
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 crime costs Dodge County
Crime costs Dodge County about $973 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 19% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $36 million a year, or $973 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$910,000
$24
Rape
$1.7 million
$46
Robbery
$78,000
$2
Assault
$6.0 million
$159
Burglary
$640,000
$17
Theft
$2.4 million
$64
Vehicle theft
$630,000
$17
Arson
$83,000
$2
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$54
Total
$14 million
$386
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Dodge County means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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. 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.
Schools in Dodge County, NE average a SchoolGrade of C-: 57% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Dodge County on SchoolGrade
