Crime & Safety in Lincoln
Lincoln's real, current crime picture carries a genuine, disclosed tension this record does not resolve into one simplified verdict: LPD's own 2025 data shows overall crime at a 20-year low, yet violent crime specifically rose approximately 32% the same year.
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Learn moreA Real, Substantial Multi-Year Overall Decline, Reaching a 20-Year Low
The Lincoln Police Department's own real, cited 2025 annual report (released March 2026) shows overall crime (Part 1 offenses, combining property and violent crime) falling approximately 15% versus 2024 -- the THIRD consecutive year of decline, reaching a real, cited 20-year low. Property crime drove much of this decline: auto theft (completed and attempted) fell more than 30% versus 2024, and burglaries fell nearly 28%.
Yet Violent Crime Specifically Rose Approximately 32% the Same Year
Despite this real, substantial overall improvement, LPD's own same 2025 report discloses a real, notable violent-crime increase: violent crime rose approximately 32% versus 2024, including a real, cited rise in total shootings (91 in 2025, 4 of them fatal, versus 76 total shootings in 2024). This record discloses this real, current increase directly rather than omitting it in favor of the flattering overall-crime headline.
This Record Discloses Both the Overall TREND and the Violent-Crime LEVEL Directly
This record discloses both real, current framings directly rather than resolving them into one simplified verdict: a real, substantial multi-year downward TREND in overall crime, driven substantially by property-crime declines, sitting alongside a real, notable single-year INCREASE in violent crime specifically. Movers should weigh both framings together rather than either alone.
A Real, Longer-Run Decade-Scale Decline Provides Additional Context
A separate, real, cited decade-scale trend (2013-2023) shows both property crime (down 22%, from 3,496 to 2,735 per 100,000) and violent crime (down 19%, from 367 to 299 per 100,000) declining over the longer run -- context this record discloses alongside, not instead of, the sharper 2025 violent-crime uptick.
This Record Did Not Research Neighborhood-Level Variance in Comparable Depth This Pass
This record did not research Lincoln's full neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime variance in comparable depth this pass -- movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Lincoln Police Department's own published crime statistics for a specific target neighborhood, rather than relying on any single citywide framing in isolation.
Key takeaways
- LPD's 2025 data shows overall crime down ~15% versus 2024, a third straight yearly decline reaching a 20-year low, driven substantially by property-crime declines.
- The SAME 2025 data shows violent crime rising approximately 32% versus 2024, including a rise in total shootings (91 in 2025, 4 fatal, versus 76 in 2024) -- a genuine, disclosed tension.
- This record discloses both the real overall-decline TREND and the real single-year violent-crime INCREASE directly, rather than emphasizing one over the other.
- A separate, longer-run decade-scale trend (2013-2023) shows both property and violent crime declining -- additional context alongside the sharper 2025 uptick.
- This record did not research Lincoln's full neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime variance in comparable depth this pass -- research current, address-specific data directly via LPD's own statistics.
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