INDEX OFFENSES
Nebraska - 1992 to 2007
Statistic/Offense Category	1992 ¹	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number Commited
Murder, Manslaughter	35	60	51	48	47	50	53	60	60	41	48	55	41	44	53	66
Forcible Rape	295	508	498	315	441	403	416	412	432	405	465	495	597	579	567	513
Robbery	277	955	1,221	1,066	1,057	1,097	1,289	1,262	1,150	1,128	1,352	1,156	1,128	1,040	1,128	1,102
Felony Assault	1,743	4,344	4,532	4,809	5,624	5,673	5,618	5,427	4,002	3,507	3,575	3,326	3,536	3,385	3,231	3,583
Burglary	7,433	11,313	10,876	10,282	10,043	9,674	10,247	10,052	9,929	9,364	10,033	9,881	9,534	9,363	9,135	8,815
Larceny-Theft	33,882	48,585	48,157	51,750	49,883	47,440	48,073	45,482	48,602	51,045	50,427	47,962	45,456	45,277	43,786	40,628
Motor Vehicle Theft	1,478	4,725	6,222	5,736	5,631	5,501	5,749	5,400	5,180	6,336	6,287	6,070	5,206	5,567	5,039	5,093
Arson	197	398	495	535	479	459	456	489	506	461	489	399	325	NA	160	158
Total Index Offenses	45,340	70,888	72,052	74,541	73,205	70,294	71,901	68,584	69,861	72,287	72,676	69,344	65,823	65,255	63,099	59,958

Rate Per 1,000 Population
Murder, Manslaughter	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Forcible Rape	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Robbery	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Felony Assault	1.4	3.4	2.8	2.9	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	2.3	2.0	2.1	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.8	2.0
Burglary	5.9	8.9	6.7	6.3	6.1	5.8	6.2	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.8	5.7	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.0
Larceny-Theft	26.8	38.4	29.7	31.6	30.2	28.6	28.9	27.3	28.4	29.8	29.2	27.6	26.0	25.8	24.8	22.9
Motor Vehicle Theft	1.2	3.7	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.2	3.0	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.0	3.2	2.9	2.9
Arson	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1
Total Index Offenses	35.7	56.1	44.4	45.5	44.3	42.4	43.2	41.2	40.8	42.2	42.0	39.9	37.7	37.2	35.8	33.8

Percent of Total
Murder, Manslaughter	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Forcible Rape	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
Robbery	0.6%	1.3%	1.7%	1.4%	1.6%	1.6%	1.8%	1.8%	1.6%	1.6%	1.9%	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%	1.8%	1.8%
Felony Assault	3.8%	6.1%	6.3%	6.5%	8.1%	8.1%	8.0%	7.8%	5.7%	4.9%	4.9%	4.8%	5.4%	5.2%	5.1%	6.0%
Burglary	16.4%	16.0%	15.1%	13.8%	13.8%	13.8%	14.7%	14.4%	14.2%	13.0%	13.8%	14.2%	14.5%	14.3%	14.5%	14.7%
Larceny-Theft	74.7%	68.5%	66.8%	69.4%	67.5%	67.5%	68.8%	65.1%	69.6%	70.6%	69.4%	69.2%	69.1%	69.4%	69.4%	67.8%
Motor Vehicle Theft	3.3%	6.7%	8.6%	7.7%	7.8%	7.8%	8.2%	7.7%	7.4%	8.8%	8.7%	8.8%	7.9%	8.5%	8.0%	8.5%
Arson	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
Total Index Offenses	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Percent Cleared
Murder, Manslaughter	88.6%	88.6%	72.5%	89.6%	89.4%	90.0%	88.7%	66.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Forcible Rape	48.5%	48.5%	60.4%	59.4%	66.0%	55.1%	65.9%	57.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Robbery	41.2%	41.2%	32.4%	42.7%	38.3%	36.1%	34.9%	38.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Felony Assault	73.2%	73.2%	69.3%	74.4%	78.0%	64.4%	77.5%	69.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Burglary	16.8%	16.8%	15.2%	14.1%	13.5%	13.7%	14.2%	12.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Larceny-Theft	23.6%	23.6%	24.0%	24.4%	25.1%	24.6%	23.7%	22.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	37.4%	37.4%	21.4%	28.2%	24.3%	19.7%	21.1%	19.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Arson	21.8%	21.8%	15.6%	16.1%	15.7%	17.8%	16.2%	17.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Index Offenses	25.1%	25.1%	25.7%	26.9%	27.9%	26.3%	26.8%	25.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Source: The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Crime in Nebraska: 2004 Preliminary Report, 2005 and
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Report 2007, 2008
NA = not available.
¹ Does not include Omaha numbers.
Last Updated:	07/15/08
by Nebraska Databook
email:	mailto:mike.lundeen@nebraska.gov