The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Sarpy County, NE
Sarpy County, the third-most populous county in Nebraska, is home to 197,400 residents and includes Bellevue and Papillion · Updated November 2026
Is Sarpy County, NE safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Sarpy County: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Sarpy 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 910 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sarpy County as a whole, and 30% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sarpy County scores 910.
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 Sarpy County, NE at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sarpy 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 Sarpy County
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Sarpy County has aggravated assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.21 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Sarpy County, 45% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Sarpy County
Every part of Sarpy County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Sarpy County run from A+ to B; 87% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Sarpy 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 Springfield area has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Sarpy County?
Reported crime in Sarpy County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 56% and property crime down 31%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.2 to 0.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 8.9 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15% and property crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Sarpy CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Sarpy County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Sarpy County
Violent, US
Property, Sarpy County
Property, US
2016
-15%
+4%
+6%
+15%
2017
-5%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
+10%
+0%
-0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
-23%
-8%
2021
-28%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
-6%
+5%
-17%
-6%
2023
-48%
+2%
-10%
-7%
2024
-56%
-4%
-31%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Sarpy County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sarpy County has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 40% less than 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 Sarpy County is assault, about 38% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Sarpy County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Sarpy County, 2022 to 2024.
In Sarpy County, 41% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Sarpy County compares with nearby counties
Of the 10 counties closest to Sarpy County, 8 have less crime. Saunders County and Fremont County, IA have the least.
Empty homes, shops and walkability in Sarpy County
Two things set Sarpy County apart: it has 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D (13 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 98% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 91% 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of Americans
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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.97% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 73% 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 Sarpy County: F (2 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 68% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 68% 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 Sarpy County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Sarpy County about $533 a year per household, 56% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $37 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $72 million a year, or $363 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$7
Rape
$4.1 million
$21
Robbery
$330,000
$2
Assault
$13 million
$67
Burglary
$1.8 million
$9
Theft
$7.2 million
$37
Vehicle theft
$3.3 million
$17
Arson
$180,000
$1
Vandalism
$5.8 million
$29
Total
$37 million
$189
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 Sarpy 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 Sarpy County, NE average a SchoolGrade of B-: 65% of students test proficient, against 53% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Sarpy County on SchoolGrade
