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Lincoln, NE · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Lincoln

Lincoln ranks #41 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 70 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 70th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Nebraska.

safety score
70
Very Fun
National rank
#41 of 134
In Nebraska
#1 of 2
Percentile
70th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Lincoln sits 20 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Lincoln

  1. T#39 Lexington, KY 71
  2. T#39 Newark, NJ 71
  3. #41 Lincoln, NE — this page 70
  4. #42 Jersey City, NJ 69
  5. T#43 Aspen, CO 68

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Lincoln

Lincoln scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: