FBI arson data · 2024
Nebraska Arson
260 arson offenses were reported by 353 Nebraska law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.7% of the national total. The most was reported by Omaha Police Department (88).
Nebraska agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Police Department | City | Douglas County | 88 |
| Lincoln Police Department | City | Lancaster County | 70 |
| Nebraska State Fire Marshal | Unknown | — | 31 |
| Scottsbluff Police Department | City | Scotts Bluff County | 8 |
| Grand Island Police Department | City | Hall County | 6 |
| Bellevue Police Department | City | Sarpy County | 5 |
| Kearney Police Department | City | Buffalo County | 4 |
| Sidney Police Department | City | Cheyenne County | 4 |
| North Platte Police Department | City | Lincoln County | 4 |
| Sarpy County Sheriff's Office | County | Sarpy County | 4 |
| Buffalo County Sheriff's Office | County | Buffalo County | 3 |
| Fremont Police Department | City | Dodge County | 3 |
| Lancaster County Sheriff's Office | County | Lancaster County | 3 |
| Douglas County Sheriff's Office | County | Douglas County | 2 |
| Beatrice Police Department | City | Gage County | 2 |
| Norfolk Police Department | City | Madison County | 2 |
| York Police Department | City | York County | 2 |
| Adams County Sheriff's Office | County | Adams County | 1 |
| Hastings Police Department | City | Adams County | 1 |
| South Sioux City Police Department | City | Dakota County | 1 |
| Dodge County Sheriff's Office | County | Dodge County | 1 |
| Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | Hall County | 1 |
| Hamilton County Sheriff's Office | County | Hamilton County | 1 |
| O'Neill Police Department | City | Holt County | 1 |
| Knox County Sheriff's Office | County | Knox County | 1 |
Nebraska arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Nebraska arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Nebraska in 2024?+
260 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 353 Nebraska law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 36 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Nebraska?+
Omaha Police Department, with 88 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Douglas County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Nebraska?+
Nebraska's 260 reported arsons were 0.7% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.