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Omaha Police Department

City agencyNB0280200NIBRS since 2023LEMAS 2020Founded 1857

Douglas County, Nebraska

Serves ~2,018,006 residents · UCR reported

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The Omaha Police Department (OPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The OPD is the largest law enforcement agency in the state of Nebraska.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 1,907 victims, 2,673 offenders
Victim sex
Male972 (51%)
Female933 (49%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White967 (53%)
Black or African American771 (42%)
Asian45 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native42 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander4 (0%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument383 (22%)
Handgun325 (19%)
Personal Weapons299 (17%)
Other Firearm177 (10%)
Blunt Object166 (10%)
Other149 (9%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home843 (44%)
Other/Unknown358 (19%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk309 (16%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage93 (5%)
Bar/Nightclub50 (3%)
Convenience Store34 (2%)

Top 6 of 32 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown2,475 (72%)
Stranger245 (7%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend144 (4%)
Otherwise Known129 (4%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)124 (4%)
Acquaintance120 (4%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property249 (64%)
All Other Larceny43 (11%)
Kidnapping/Abduction28 (7%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering18 (5%)
Motor Vehicle Theft12 (3%)
Shoplifting8 (2%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
869
Part-time sworn
42
Full-time civilian
146
Part-time civilian
30
Total FT employees
1,015
Population served
478,393
Operating budget
$159,838,743
Body-worn cameras: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013800141$121,748,730
2007764165$89,875,909
2003726175$75,789,471
2000750183$63,943,172
1999720171
1997681188
1993628149
1990594147
1987594162

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
788
Civilians (2025)
161

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Public policy portal

269 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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