Law enforcement agencies report arrest and offense data either in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) format or the Nebraska Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) format.
Offense data are based upon crimes reported or known to law enforcement. In UCR, offense data are collected on eight crimes:
Homicide is broken down into:
Assault is broken down into
An arrest is counted each time a person is taken into custody or issued a citation or summons. In the case of a juvenile (defined as under the age of 18) an arrest is counted when they are merely warned and released without any further action. While an individual may be charged with multiple crimes at the time of arrest, only one arrest is counted. An arrest is counted for the most serious charge at the time of the arrest.
While law enforcement agencies are required to submit monthly reports, not every agency does. Therefore, the data presented herein may be underreported for some jurisdictions. Please see 
agency reporting status for number of months of data provided.
Attempts at comparison of crime figures between jurisdictions should not be made without first considering the individual factors present in each community. Consider factors such as the demographics of the population (racial and ethnic makeup, age and gender, educational levels, prevalent family structures); the industrial/economic base of the jurisdiction; the dependence upon neighboring jurisdictions; dependence upon nonresidents (tourists, conventions, sports activities, etc.); the strength and aggressiveness of a jurisdiction’s law enforcement agency; policies of other components of the criminal justice system (prosecutorial, judicial, correctional, and probational); and the attitudes of the citizens toward crime and their crime reporting practices, especially concerning minor offenses. For more information read the FBI's caution when comparing agencies, Variables Affecting Crime.
Applications
- Arrest Data Query (2000 - 2016)
- Offense Data Query (2000 - 2016)
- Crime Stats (2017 - Present)
The Nebraska Crime Commission’s Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) collects information regarding individuals processed through jail facilities throughout the state. This information is collected and compiled by the SAC for use in jail oversight, legislative planning, and public transparency.
Nebraska Jail Data Set
Jail information has been collected by the Crime Commission on an ongoing basis for over 20 years. Jail data is tracked on an ongoing basis any time an individual is processed within the jail system, including holdings, internal transfers, arrests, interstate transfers, etc. Releases since 2016 are available through the link below, classified by the release date.
Jail information has been collected by the Crime Commission on an ongoing basis for over 20 years. Jail data is tracked on an ongoing basis any time an individual is processed within the jail system, including holdings, internal transfers, arrests, interstate transfers, etc. Releases since 2016 are available through the link below, classified by the release date.
Applications
The Nebraska Crime Commission’s Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) collects information from the courts on juveniles processed through the juvenile justice system. Approximately 8,000 juvenile cases a year receive final disposition or judgment which are reported to the Crime Commission by paper forms and by the computerized court system JUSTICE. Various statistics are compiled from these data by the SAC for use in juvenile justice planning. Data are provided back to local and state agencies, policy makers, the courts, National Center for Juvenile Justice and federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Nebraska Juvenile Court Data Set
Juvenile court information has been submitted to the Crime Commission on an ongoing basis for over 20 years. When a case reaches a disposition, meaning finality with concern to the court procedings, a data collection form is completed and forwarded to the Crime Commission. The reported information is collected within the county court or by the probation office. There data typically include cases which have been handled with a formal petition having been filed. The statistics reported here by the Crime Commission only contain information on cases handled through a formal petition. The terms, cases, petitions and referrals may all be used describe the same group of juveniles processed. Data since 1995 are available through the links below, classified by the date of disposition. This does not necessarily represent all cases filed in juvenile court during those times; rather only those that received final a disposition or judgment. Information on pending cases is not included.