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Domestic and Child Violence

Child abuse and neglect investigations have increased following the COVID-19 pandemic

• Lancaster County’s number of child abuse and neglect investigations by Health and Human Services has increased 25%, from 778 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2019 to 971 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2021.⁴
• The rate of domestic assault investigations has decreased 57% from a high in 2013 (from 874 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2013 to 371 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2023).
  • In recent years, the number of domestic assault investigations has decreased 32% from 545 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2019 to 371 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2023).

Notes

Compiled from Nebraska Crime Commission, Domestic Assault Reports. Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Child Abuse and Neglect Reports.

Data is for Lancaster County.

Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations count those conducted by Nebraska DHHS.

Data for child abuse and neglect investigations by county have not been publicly published since 2021.

Footnotes

4. Data for domestic violence offenses are not available for only the City of Lincoln, therefore Lancaster County data are used.