A 26-year-old Table Rock woman died last week after her vehicle careened off a Pawnee County road, traveled 1,000 feet through a pasture, entered a creek and overturned, according to authorities.
Vanessa McClintock was driving her Jeep Grand Cherokee near Nebraska 50 and 713 Road at about 4:15 p.m. Jan. 28 when the Jeep left the road just north of Pawnee City, Sheriff Braden Lang said in a statement.
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Most dangerous cities in Nebraska
6. South Sioux City
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With 30 violent crimes in 2019 and a population of 12,771 (the smallest on our list), the city in northeast Nebraska had 2.35 violent crimes per 1,000 people.
Photo: An RV park in South Sioux City on the Missouri River.
4. North Platte
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With a population of 23,705 and 89 violent crimes, the city had a rate of 3.75 per 1,000.
Photo: Union Pacific train engines line up outside a service building in North Platte.
3. Lincoln
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The Star City had a population of 291,128 with 1,115 violent crimes, a rate of 3.83 per 1,000.
Photo: Police in Lincoln investigate a shooting near the intersection of 14th and E streets in August 2019.
2. Grand Island
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With a population of 51,821 and 236 violent crimes, the largest of the Tri Cities had a 2019 rate of 4.55 per 1,000 people.
Photo: Grand Island police and State Patrol personnel investigate after a body was found in a Grand Island yard in August 2020.
A note about the numbers
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With eight violent crimes in 2019, Boys Town topped the state at 13.82 per 1,000 people, which is a misleading stat because it only had a 2019 population of 579.
Photo: The statue at the entrance to Boys Town. It doesn’t take much to skew the numbers.
Dangerous Cities in Nebraska
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See how your hometown ranks among the most dangerous cities in Nebraska. Ratings have been determined according to the number of violent crimes per 1,000 people in cities of at least 10,000, with violent crime being classified as murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. The numbers are for 2019, the most recent year for which the FBI provides data.
