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Beatrice, NE crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2025 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Beatrice has an overall crime rate of 9 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Beatrice is 1 in 111. How does Beatrice fare compared to other communities in Nebraska of all population sizes? Beatrice's crime rate is lower than approximately 16% of Nebraska communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Beatrice has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Beatrice is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Beatrice does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Beatrice.

For Beatrice, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Beatrice than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1229, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Beatrice's rate for property crime is 8 per one thousand population. This makes Beatrice a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Beatrice is one in 122.

Beatrice Crime Data

total Crime Index

44

(100 is safest)


Safer than 44% of U.S. cities.

Beatrice Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

10

101

111

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.81

8.22

9.03

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.81
2.21
National Median: 4
    Beatrice
    Nebraska

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,229

in Beatrice

1 in 453

in Nebraska

Beatrice Violent Crimes

Population: 12,290
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 3 0 6
Rate per 1,000 0.08 0.24 0.00 0.49

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
8.22
16.27
National Median: 18
    Beatrice
    Nebraska

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 122

in Beatrice

1 in 61

in Nebraska

Property Crimes

Population: 12,290
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 16 75 10
Rate per 1,000 1.30 6.10 0.81

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Beatrice Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
12
14
National Median: 24.5
    Beatrice
    Nebraska

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