Latent fingerprint (LFP) imaging is critical for crime scene detection and personal data recognition. In law enforcement applications, there is a great need for new materials that are affordable, environmentally friendly, and extremely sensitive. Here, a dual excitable and intense redemitting oxide-based nanophosphor, Y 2 SrZnO 5 :xEu 3+ (x = 0−0.4 mol), was successfully synthesized by a self-igniting combustion technique. The phase purity, crystal structure, and lattice parameters were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) using WIN-INDEX (ver. 3.08) software. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirms the surface morphology with a uniform size distribution of ∼250 nm. Upon excitation at 393 and 465 nm, the synthesized nanophosphor exhibited intense red emissions with peaks at 595 and 612 nm and color purity of 99.8% due to the characteristic transitions of Eu 3+ ions from 5 D 0 → 7 F J (J = 0−3). It has a higher external quantum yield (EQY) of 41 and 56% at 393 and 465 nm, respectively, compared to commercial Y 2 O 3 :Eu 3+ , which has an EQY of <1% for these wavelengths. With this result, it became clear that the problem of low absorption in the blue region (450−470 nm) of the commercial red phosphors (Y 2 O 3 :Eu 3+ ) for producing efficient white light-emitting diodes has been solved. The LFPs exhibit specific discrimination features including levels I, II, and III, with high sensitivity and no background hindrance. The results obtained with the synthesized Y 2 SrZnO 5 :0.2Eu 3+ nanophosphor indicate its potential use in detecting and imaging latent fingerprints at crime scenes.