Crime & Safety in Hastings
Hastings' crime data runs genuinely higher than most Nebraska cities, a real picture this record discloses directly rather than understating it.
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Learn moreA real, disclosed higher-than-typical crime rate
Hastings' crime rate runs higher than approximately 97% of Nebraska cities and towns of all sizes per CrimeGrade-style aggregation.
Property crime runs above the national average
Property crime (51.7 per 1,000) runs notably above the cited U.S. average (35.4), even as violent crime (19.6 per 1,000) runs slightly below the national average (22.7).
A real, disclosed upward trend
Year-over-year, violent crime rose approximately 13.4% and property crime rose approximately 2.1% per the same source.
Key takeaways
- Hastings' crime rate runs higher than approximately 97% of Nebraska cities and towns.
- Property crime runs above the national average; violent crime runs slightly below it.
- Both violent and property crime trended upward year-over-year per cited data.
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