Is Omaha safe in 2026? 26 homicides, a 10 percent crime drop, and why people still order ADT
People search is Omaha safe, Omaha crime rate, and Omaha break-ins because they want a number they can trust. Omaha Police Department recorded 26 homicides in 2025. That is up from 19 in 2024, which was the fewest since 1990, and still below the 19-year average of about 33. The homicide unit cleared every 2025 case inside the calendar year for the third straight year. Overall crime fell about 10 percent in 2025 after a 14 percent drop in 2024. Property crime drove most of that decline. Violent crime was nearly flat. Those are citywide figures from OPD and local reporting. They are not a report card on your street.
Police Chief Todd Schmaderer. Mayor John W. Ewing Jr. We name them because the numbers come from their department and office. We do not invent a Dundee rate, a Millard rate, or an Elkhorn rate. Occupancy is still the reason to order ADT. Call (402) 600-0893.
Citywide is not your porch
A 10 percent drop in overall crime does not arm a keypad. A 100 percent homicide clearance rate does not watch a Millard garage walk-through while you sit on I-80. If a box walked off a Dundee stoop last Tuesday, order for the door. If it did not, order for the hours you already leave. We do not publish neighborhood crime rates.
OPD also said property crime fell about 11 percent in 2025. That is the category that includes burglary and theft. It is still not a street-by-street map. A Benson bungalow and a Papillion two-story do not share a rate we would print. The product is 24/7 watch while the house is empty.
What 26 homicides actually means for a quote call
Twenty-six homicides in a city of nearly half a million is a citywide public-safety number. It is not a reason to skip a door contact. It is not a reason to order twelve cameras. It is context. People still leave for work, school drop-off, and UNMC shifts. Those hours are the occupancy card.
Eight of the 26 were described as gang-related by affiliation of victim or suspect, six as domestic, four as drug-related in year-end comments. Those splits are citywide. They do not tell you whether a leftover keypad on 68132 still reaches anyone. Photograph the keypad. Count the doors. Call.
Property crime is the weekday-empty story
Porch packages, a tried door, a garage left up, a slider off the kitchen — that is what people describe on the 402 line. A doorbell camera is useful. It is not the same as ADT calling you when a door opens. Indoor sensors plus 24/7 is the core. Video is extra.
Old Market lofts empty toward downtown jobs and riverfront hours. Dundee empties toward Underwood and UNMC. Millard empties toward I-80 and school drop-off. Elkhorn empties toward West Dodge. Those are different ZIPs and different desks. They share the same empty-house clock.
Do not use this page as a neighborhood ranking
This site will not tell you Dundee is safer than Benson or that Papillion is safer than Bellevue. We do not have a neighborhood homicide table we would stand behind. OPD publishes citywide NIBRS figures. NeighborhoodScout and similar sites are third-party estimates, not this dealer line. Order for occupancy.
If a listing agent sent you a crime map, treat it as a listing tool. Confirm the ZIP, house versus condo, leftover keypad, and cameras yes or no. That is the quote. Omaha break-ins and home security is the shorter sales page. This article is the sourced 2025 wrap.
Permits and false alarms are not a crime score
City of Omaha Chapter 25 is $25 a year to register a system that can request police. False alarms: first $0, then $100 / $250 in 365 days. That ladder exists because false dispatches waste officers. It is not a claim that your block is dangerous. Papillion, Bellevue, and La Vista have their own desks. Confirm from ZIP.
A registered system that rarely false-alarms is the point of professional install. Dual-path so the panel still reaches ADT if OPPD drops reduces panic trips during storms. That is equipment, not a crime rate.
2024 was the 30-year low. 2025 is still below the long average
Nineteen homicides in 2024 was the fewest since 1990. Twenty-six in 2025 is a rebound from that floor and still below the 19-year average of 33. Ten years earlier, 2015, the city recorded 50. Those sentences are true and sourced. They do not arm a keypad.
Mayor Ewing has called Omaha among the safest large cities on a per-capita basis while noting any increase is still a loss. Chief Schmaderer has pointed to community partnerships and the real-time operations center. None of that is a substitute for a door contact on a house that sits empty from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Who comes if an alarm trips
ADT can request help based on the alert type. Inside the city that is typically Omaha Police. Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, and Council Bluffs dispatch from their own desks. Unincorporated Douglas and Sarpy have sheriff response rules. Confirm the office from your ZIP. Monitoring is ADT. Dispatch is local.
False alarms still cost you after the free first trip in Omaha. That is why install quality and a call list matter. Add a spouse. Add a neighbor. Learn how to cancel a false trip. The specialist walks that on install day.
Schools, hospitals, and the empty-house clock
OPS, Millard, Bellevue, Papillion-La Vista, Elkhorn, and Gretna calendars empty houses after morning drop-off. UNMC, Nebraska Medicine, and Creighton shifts empty Midtown and Blackstone doors on a different clock. UNO class days empty Aksarben and Elmwood Park. Those are occupancy facts, not crime ranks. Schools and empty houses is the calendar piece.
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What we will not say
We will not say a neighborhood is dangerous. We will not invent a 2025 burglary count for Dundee. We will not tell you to skip monitoring because citywide crime fell. We will not tell you to order twelve cameras because of a homicide map. We will tell you to count doors and call (402) 600-0893.
Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney, and Sioux City are not this line. Confirm the ZIP. SafeStreets installs. ADT monitors 24/7. Occupancy is the product. Citywide 2025 numbers are context. They are not the keypad.