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Violent crimes in South Dakota

Violent crimes in South Dakota was 2,875 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 6.7% from 2024. That is the 45th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count2,875
Change on 2024-6.7%
Rank45th of 51US states ranked
Series high4,4762020
Series low6841982

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Violent crimes in South Dakota, 1979 to 2025

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019791986199320002007201420251979: 1,096 count1980: 873 count1981: 718 count1982: 684 count1983: 840 count1984: 1,041 count1985: 967 count1986: 883 count1987: 849 count1988: 813 count1989: 969 count1990: 1,133 count1991: 1,281 count1992: 1,383 count1993: 1,490 count1994: 1,641 count1995: 1,513 count1996: 1,297 count1997: 1,457 count1998: 1,139 count1999: 1,227 count2000: 1,259 count2001: 1,171 count2002: 1,350 count2003: 1,329 count2004: 1,319 count2005: 1,387 count2006: 2,071 count2007: 1,926 count2008: 2,227 count2009: 1,777 count2010: 2,196 count2011: 2,105 count2012: 2,701 count2013: 2,733 count2014: 2,801 count2015: 3,302 count2016: 3,636 count2017: 3,753 count2018: 3,483 count2019: 3,523 count2020: 4,476 count2021: 3,511 count2022: 3,448 count2023: 3,234 count2024: 3,081 count2025: 2,875 count01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019791995201120251979: 1,096 count1980: 873 count1981: 718 count1982: 684 count1983: 840 count1984: 1,041 count1985: 967 count1986: 883 count1987: 849 count1988: 813 count1989: 969 count1990: 1,133 count1991: 1,281 count1992: 1,383 count1993: 1,490 count1994: 1,641 count1995: 1,513 count1996: 1,297 count1997: 1,457 count1998: 1,139 count1999: 1,227 count2000: 1,259 count2001: 1,171 count2002: 1,350 count2003: 1,329 count2004: 1,319 count2005: 1,387 count2006: 2,071 count2007: 1,926 count2008: 2,227 count2009: 1,777 count2010: 2,196 count2011: 2,105 count2012: 2,701 count2013: 2,733 count2014: 2,801 count2015: 3,302 count2016: 3,636 count2017: 3,753 count2018: 3,483 count2019: 3,523 count2020: 4,476 count2021: 3,511 count2022: 3,448 count2023: 3,234 count2024: 3,081 count2025: 2,875 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
20252,875
20243,081
20233,234
20223,448
20213,511
20204,476
20193,523
20183,483
20173,753
20163,636
20153,302
20142,801
20132,733
20122,701
20112,105
20102,196
20091,777
20082,227
20071,926
20062,071
20051,387
20041,319
20031,329
20021,350
20011,171
20001,259
19991,227
19981,139
19971,457
19961,297
19951,513
19941,641
19931,490
19921,383
19911,281
19901,133
1989969
1988813
1987849
1986883
1985967
19841,041
1983840
1982684
1981718
1980873
19791,096

Compared with United States

Place2025
South Dakota2,875
United States1,119,768

South Dakota compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
  • Under 4,000
  • 4,000 to 7,000
  • 7,000 to 14K
  • 14K to 22K
  • 22K to 33K
  • 33K and over
Violent crimes, 2025, count. South Dakota is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, South Dakota, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, South Dakota, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/south-dakota. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, South Dakota, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/south-dakota.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, South Dakota, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/south-dakota (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the violent crimes in South Dakota?

Violent crimes in South Dakota was 2,875 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 6.7% from 2024. That is the 45th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in South Dakota?

4,476 in 2020, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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