LINCOLN- The state's annual report on crime came with a giant, figurative asterisk attached. For the second year, the Omaha Police Department didn't submit any data, according to the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. "Without data from OPD, the Crime in Nebraska Report for 2022 and all associated datasets will have severe and significant limitations, missing upwards of 60% of the crime volume in Nebraska."

Of the statewide numbers that were reported, which include the Lincoln Police Department and Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, 23,083 crimes were reported in 2022, up 1.89% from a year earlier. Lincoln's overall reported crime increased 2.83% compared to the year before, far lower than in cities with populations between 5,000 to 99,999, where crime was up 6.39%.

While violent crimes, which include murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault, were down 4.84%, property crimes, things like burglaries, larcenies, vehicle thefts and arson, were up 2.82%. At the same time, statewide there were 38,027 arrests, 122 fewer than in 2021, for an overall decrease of 0.32%. But 16% more of them were juveniles.

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