North Central Omaha, Omaha, NE Violent Crime Rates and Maps
North Central Omaha is a neighborhood of 21,400 residents in Omaha, about 7 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in North Central Omaha?
Violent crime in North Central Omaha runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Assaults make up 95% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Omaha as a whole grades B+ for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 786 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than North Central Omaha as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. North Central Omaha scores 786.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in North Central Omaha, Omaha, NE at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North Central Omaha in Omaha, 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 violent crime in North Central Omaha
More visitors than residents. North Central Omaha draws more people to work, shop or visit than live in it, so its crimes per resident run higher than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against everyone who spends time here.
How North Central Omaha compares within Omaha
Every part of North Central Omaha where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across North Central Omaha run from A+ to B.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
North Central Omaha has less violent crime than 12 of the 19 neighborhoods in Omaha. It covers much of the North Central Omaha and North Omaha areas.
Is violent crime going up in Omaha?
Reported violent crime in Omaha as a whole has fallen 40% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.0 to 3.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Omaha. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Omaha
Violent, US
2016
-12%
+4%
2017
+1%
+4%
2018
-9%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
2021
-2%
+6%
2022
-7%
+5%
2023
-32%
+2%
2024
-40%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in North Central Omaha
CrimeGrade™ estimates North Central Omaha has about 17 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 28% more than the US as a whole and close to Omaha as a whole.
All violent crime
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Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in North Central Omaha, about 95% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in North Central Omaha and nearby neighborhoods
North Central Omaha has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from North Central Omaha. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, North Central Omaha is safer than 61% of them.
Transit, walkability and density in North Central Omaha
North Central Omaha looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for North Central Omaha: D (17 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 assault. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.21% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.14% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 violent crime costs North Central Omaha
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs North Central Omaha about $20 million a year, or $935 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $5.3 million, or $248 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
