South Dakota Crime Rates 1960 - 2019
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South Dakota Population and Number of Crimes  1960 - 2019






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1960  680,514  7,921  282  7,639  14  37  62  169  1,687  5,363  589 
1961  690,000  7,857  245  7,612  12  42  61  130  1,655  5,323  634 
1962  721,000  7,959  279  7,680  24  42  62  151  1,843  5,160  677 
1963  737,000  8,230  278  7,952  9  39  78  152  1,818  5,458  676 
1964  715,000  8,718  408  8,310  9  39  59  301  1,870  5,837  603 
1965  703,000  8,968  415  8,553  11  48  65  291  1,858  6,177  518 
1966  682,000  10,325  568  9,757  10  61  68  429  2,175  6,964  618 
1967  674,000  10,492  586  9,906  25  56  87  418  2,302  7,037  567 
1968  657,000  11,518  563  10,955  25  67  127  344  2,826  7,449  680 
1969  659,000  12,072  510  11,562  13  73  85  339  2,801  8,063  698 






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1970  666,257  13,682  616  13,066  25  74  114  403  3,140  9,302  624 
1971  670,000  13,797  644  13,153  8  66  122  448  3,037  9,558  558 
1972  679,000  14,446  756  13,690  8  77  106  565  3,210  9,751  729 
1973  685,000  14,904  869  14,035  26  88  169  586  3,416  9,631  988 
1974  682,000  18,215  1,234  16,981  14  73  139  1,008  4,072  11,835  1,074 
1975  683,000  18,707  1,402  17,305  25  113  212  1,052  4,561  11,597  1,147 
1976  686,000  18,113  1,277  16,836  12  105  159  1,001  4,256  11,554  1,026 
1977  689,000  17,993  1,303  16,690  14  93  123  1,073  3,931  11,743  1,016 
1978  690,000  18,556  1,128  17,428  13  75  110 930  4,138  12,186  1,104 
1979  689,000  20,393  1,096  19,297  14  113  140  829  4,316  13,782  1,199 






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1980  688,217  22,320  873  21,447  5  86  138  644  4,766  15,521  1,160 
1981  685,000  20,640  718  19,922  12  79  122  505  4,348  14,587  987 
1982  691,000  18,276  684  17,592  19  79  118  468  3,885  12,889  818 
1983  700,000  17,833  840  16,993  15  119  111  595  3,820  12,453  720 
1984  706,000  18,444  1,041  17,403  13  190  105  733  3,529  13,102  772 
1985  708,000  18,697  967  17,730  13  168 121  665  3,867  13,142  721 
1986  708,000 19,229  883  18,346  28  125  115  615  3,919  13,728  699 
1987  709,000  18,987  849  18,138  13  146  87  603  3,787  13,673  678 
1988  715,000  18,454  813  17,641  22  192  87  512  3,703  13,255  683 
1989  715,000  19,199  969  18,230  9  229  84  647  3,394  14,057  779 






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1990  696,004  20,249  1,133  19,116  14  239  86  794  3,671  14,678  767 
1991  703,000  21,647  1,281  20,366  12  279  132  858  4,146  15,412  808 
1992  711,000  21,322  1,383  19,939  4  368  120  891  3,849  15,371  719 
1993  715,000  21,151  1,490  19,661  24  318  107  1,041  3,927  14,915  819 
1994  721,000  22,367  1,641  20,726  10  303  135  1,193  3,938  15,916  872 
1995  729,000  22,312  1,513  20,799  13  299  189  1,012  3,942  15,976  881 
1996  732,000  21,740  1,297  20,443  9  300  138  850  4,077  15,532  834 
1997  738,000 23,948  1,457  22,491  10  357  172  918  4,088  17,545  858 
1998  738,000  19,366  1,139  18,227  10  258  149  722  3,458  14,006  763 
1999  733,133  19,386  1,227  18,159 18  336  103  770 3,255 14,043  861






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
2000  754,844 17,511  1,259  16,252  7  305  131  816  2,896 12,558  798 
2001  758,324  17,644  1,171  16,473  7  351 103  710  3,087  12,571  815 
2002  760,437 17,342  1,350  15,992  11  361  117  861  3,034 12,139 819 
2003  764,905  16,653  1,329  15,324  10  356  104  859  2,878  11,572  874 
2004 770,621  16,227  1,319 14,885 17  336  112  854 3,148 10,890 847
2005  774,883 15,081 1,387  13,694  18  377  145 847 2,505 10,350  839 
2006 781,919 15,004 1,340  12,664  9  336 119  876 2,605 9,296  718 
2007 796,214 14,403 1,347  13,156  17  308 112  910 2,378 10,043  735 
2008 804,532 15,941 2,221  13,720  37  562 134  1,488 2,591 10,244  885 
2009 812,383 16,155 1,777 14,378 30 501 117  1,129 2,621 10,891 866






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
2010 816,598 17,384 2,196 15,188 23 385 154 1,634 3,192 11,196 800
2011 823,593 17,404 2,105 15,299 20 503 167 1,415 2,927 11,423 949
2012 833,354 19,850 2,701 17,326 23 600 157 1,921 3,280 12,973 1,073
2013 845,510 19,007 2,733 16,274 18 454 156 2,052 3,383 11,955 936
2014 853,304 18,837 2,801 16,036 23 336 199 2,101 2,817 12,209 1,010
2015 857,919 20,041 3,302 16,739 33 367 215 2,554 2,969 12,576 1,194
2016 865,454 20,762 3,621 17,141 27 379 272 2,813 3,000 12,639 1,502
2017 873,286 20,341 3,753 16,588 27 575 264 2,887 2,835 12,285 1,468
2018 878,698 18,674 3,483 15,191 12 617 222 2,632 2,502 11,237 1,452
2019 884,659 19,197 3,530 15,667 17 642 195 2,676 2,646 11,265 1,756
Compiled by the DisasterCenter.com
From: FBI UCS Annual Crime Reports		 The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the starting place for those seeking information on crime in the nation. The UCR is produced from data received from over 18,000 law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the program. .
South Dakota Population and Rate of Crime per 100,000 People  1960 - 2019






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1960  680,514  1,164.0  41.4  1,122.5  2.1  5.4  9.1  24.8  247.9  788.1  86.6 
1961  690,000  1,138.7  35.5  1,103.2  1.7  6.1  8.8  18.8  239.9  771.4  91.9 
1962  721,000  1,103.9  38.7  1,065.2  3.3  5.8  8.6  20.9  255.6  715.7  93.9 
1963  737,000  1,116.7  37.7  1,079.0  1.2  5.3  10.6  20.6  246.7  740.6  91.7 
1964  715,000  1,219.3  57.1  1,162.2  1.3  5.5  8.3  42.1  261.5  816.4  84.3 
1965  703,000  1,275.7  59.0  1,216.6  1.6  6.8  9.2  41.4  264.3  878.7  73.7 
1966  682,000  1,513.9  83.3  1,430.6  1.5  8.9  10.0  62.9  318.9  1,021.1  90.6 
1967  674,000  1,556.7  86.9  1,469.7  3.7  8.3  12.9  62.0  341.5  1,044.1  84.1 
1968  657,000  1,753.1  85.7  1,667.4  3.8  10.2  19.3  52.4  430.1  1,133.8  103.5 
1969  659,000  1,831.9  77.4  1,754.5  2.0  11.1  12.9  51.4  425.0  1,223.5  105.9 






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1970  666,257  2,053.6  92.5  1,961.1  3.8  11.1  17.1  60.5  471.3  1,396.2  93.7 
1971  670,000  2,059.3  96.1  1,963.1  1.2  9.9  18.2  66.9  453.3  1,426.6  83.3 
1972  679,000  2,127.5  111.3  2,016.2  1.2  11.3  15.6  83.2  472.8  1,436.1  107.4 
1973  685,000  2,175.8  126.9  2,048.9  3.8  12.8  24.7  85.5  498.7  1,406.0  144.2 
1974  682,000  2,670.8  180.9  2,489.9  2.1  10.7  20.4  147.8  597.1  1,735.3  157.5 
1975  683,000  2,738.9  205.3  2,533.7  3.7  16.5  31.0  154.0  667.8  1,698.0  167.9 
1976  686,000  2,640.4  186.2  2,454.2  1.7  15.3  23.2  145.9  620.4  1,684.3  149.6 
1977  689,000  2,611.5  189.1  2,422.4  2.0  13.5  17.9  155.7  570.5  1,704.4  147.5 
1978  690,000  2,689.3  163.5  2,525.8  1.9  10.9  15.9  134.8  599.7  1,766.1  160.0 
1979  689,000  2,959.8  159.1  2,800.7  2.0  16.4  20.3  120.3  626.4  2,000.3  174.0 






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1980  688,217  3,243.2  126.8  3,116.3  0.7  12.5  20.1  93.6  692.5  2,255.2  168.6 
1981  685,000  3,013.1  104.8  2,908.3  1.8  11.5  17.8  73.7  634.7  2,129.5  144.1 
1982  691,000  2,644.9  99.0  2,545.9  2.7  11.4  17.1  67.7  562.2  1,865.3  118.4 
1983  700,000  2,547.6  120.0  2,427.6  2.1  17.0  15.9  85.0 545.7  1,779.0  102.9 
1984  706,000 2,612.5  147.5  2,465.0  1.8  26.9  14.9  103.8  499.9  1,855.8  109.3 
1985  708,000  2,640.8  136.6  2,504.2  1.8  23.7  17.1  93.9  546.2  1,856.2  101.8 
1986  708,000  2,716.0  124.7  2,591.2  4.0  17.7  16.2  86.9  553.5  1,939.0  98.7 
1987  709,000  2,678.0  119.7  2,558.3  1.8  20.6  12.3  85.0  534.1  1,928.5  95.6 
1988  715,000  2,581.0  113.7  2,467.3  3.1  26.9  12.2  71.6  517.9  1,853.8  95.5 
1989  715,000  2,685.2  135.5  2,549.7  1.3  32.0  11.7  90.5  474.7  1,966.0  109.0 






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1990  696,004  2,909.3  162.8  2,746.5  2.0  34.3  12.4  114.1  527.4  2,108.9  110.2 
1991  703,000  3,079.2  182.2  2,897.0  1.7  39.7  18.8  122.0  589.8  2,192.3  114.9 
1992  711,000  2,998.9  194.5  2,804.4  0.6  51.8  16.9  125.3  541.4  2,161.9  101.1 
1993  715,000  2,958.2  208.4  2,749.8  3.4  44.5  15.0  145.6  549.2  2,086.0  114.5 
1994  721,000  3,102.2  227.6  2,874.6  1.4  42.0  18.7  165.5  546.2  2,207.5  120.9 
1995  729,000  3,060.6  207.5  2,853.1  1.8  41.0  25.9  138.8  540.7  2,191.5  120.9 
1996  732,000  2,969.9  177.2  2,792.8  1.2  41.0  18.9  116.1  557.0  2,121.9  113.9 
1997  738,000  3,245.0  197.4  3,047.6  1.4  48.4  23.3  124.4  553.9  2,377.4  116.3 
1998  738,000  2,624.1  154.3  2,469.8  1.4  35.0  20.2  97.8  468.6  1,897.8  103.4 
1999  733,133 2,644.3  167.4  2,476.9 2.5  45.8 14.0  105.0 444.0  1,915.5  117.4 






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
2000  754,844 2,319.8  166.8  2,153.0 0.9  40.4  17.4 108.1 383.7  1,663.7  105.7
2001  758,324  2,326.7  154.4  2,172.3  0.9  46.3  13.6  93.6  407.1  1,657.7  107.5 
2002  760,437  2,280.5  177.5  2,103.0 1.4  47.5 15.4  113.2 399.0  1,596.3 107.7 
2003  764,905  2,177.1  173.7  2,003.4  1.3 46.5  13.6  112.3  376.3  1,512.9  114.3 
2004  770,621 2,105.0  171.2  1,931.6 2.2  43.6 14.5  110.8 408.5  1,413.1  109.9 
2005  774,883 1,946.2  179.0  1,767.2 2.3  48.7  18.6 109.3 323.3  1,343.7  108.3
2006  781,919 1,890.0  171.4  1,619.6 1.2  43.0  15.2 112.0 338.9 1,188.9   91.8
2007  796,214 1,821.5  169.2  1,652.3 2.1  38.7  14.1 114.3 298.7 1,261.3   92.3
2008  804,532 1,981.4  276.1  1,705.3 4.6  69.9  16.7 185.0 322.1 1,273.3  110.0
2009  812,383 1,988.6 218.7 1,769.9 3.7 61.7 14.4 139.0 322.6 1,340.6 106.6






Forcible 
Aggravated 
Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
2010 816,598 2,128.8 268.9 1,859.9 2.8 47.1 18.9 200.1 390.9 1,371.1  98.0
2011 823,593 2,113.2 255.6 1,857.6 2.4 61.1 20.3 171.8 355.4 1,387.0 115.2
2012 834,047 2,401.1 323.8 2,077.3 2.8 71.9 18.8 230.3 393.3 1,555.4 128.6
2013 845,510 2,248.0 323.2 1,924.8 2.1 53.7 18.5 242.7 400.1 1,413.9 110.7
2014 853,304 2,207.6 328.3 1,879.3 2.7 39.4 23.3 246.2 330.1 1,430.8 118.4
2015 857,919 2,336.0 384.9 1,951.1 3.8 42.8 25.1 297.7 346.1 1,465.9 139.2
2016 865,454 2,399.0 418.4 1,980.6 3.1 43.8 31.4 325.0 346.6 1,460.4 173.6
2017 873,286 2,329.3 429.8 1,899.5 3.1 65.8 30.2 330.6 324.6 1,406.8 168.1
2018 878,698 2,125.2 396.4 1,728.8 1.4 70.2 25.3 299.5 284.7 1,278.8 165.2
2019 884,659 2,170.0 399.0 1,771.0 1.9 72.6 22.0 302.5 299.1 1,273.4 198.5
 DisasterCenter.com developed the  following table to rank the rates of crime in South Dakota over time in relation to the rates of crime of other States .  This new way to examine fluctuations in the crime rate reveals patterns that are important for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation..  The crime "Index" is made up of the total number of violent and property crimes.  Since most crime is property related the crime index gives more weight to property crime. 
South Dakota Population and Rate of Crime Rank Compared to other States
State Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Vehicle
South Dakota 1960 39 39 39 36 38 33 44 35 41 32 43
South Dakota 1961 39 40 40 38 39 30 46 39 44 31 37
South Dakota 1962 39 43 40 41 28 34 42 38 45 37 39
South Dakota 1963 39 44 42 44 48 37 42 40 45 38 43
South Dakota 1964 39 44 42 44 45 42 46 39 47 39 46
South Dakota 1965 42 44 43 44 44 34 46 42 48 39 49
South Dakota 1966 43 42 39 41 48 35 46 33 47 36 46
South Dakota 1967 44 45 41 44 34 35 44 39 47 37 48
South Dakota 1968 44 44 42 43 32 34 42 42 46 36 45
South Dakota 1969 44 45 45 45 45 37 46 43 47 37 47
State Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Vehicle
South Dakota 1970 44 45 44 45 35 36 46 43 47 37 47
South Dakota 1971 44 47 45 48 49 43 46 43 47 38 50
South Dakota 1972 44 46 44 45 50 40 47 42 48 39 49
South Dakota 1973 44 47 43 46 39 41 46 42 48 41 46
South Dakota 1974 44 47 41 47 48 44 48 30 48 40 47
South Dakota 1975 44 47 41 47 41 37 47 33 48 45 46
South Dakota 1976 44 47 43 47 49 40 48 36 48 48 48
South Dakota 1977 44 47 44 48 48 44 49 36 49 46 48
South Dakota 1978 44 47 46 47 48 47 48 40 49 46 48
South Dakota 1979 45 48 48 47 48 44 49 43 49 45 48
State Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Vehicle
South Dakota 1980 45 48 49 47 50 49 49 48 49 43 50
South Dakota 1981 45 48 49 49 50 49 49 47 49 46 50
South Dakota 1982 45 49 49 49 42 49 49 47 49 48 50
South Dakota 1983 45 49 49 49 48 45 49 47 49 47 50
South Dakota 1984 45 48 47 49 47 28 49 46 49 46 50
South Dakota 1985 45 49 49 49 49 37 49 47 49 46 50
South Dakota 1986 45 48 49 48 37 46 49 49 49 46 50
South Dakota 1987 45 49 49 49 49 44 49 48 49 46 50
South Dakota 1988 45 49 49 49 41 35 49 49 49 46 50
South Dakota 1989 45 48 47 48 49 26 49 46 49 46 50
State Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Vehicle
South Dakota 1990 45 49 45 49 47 28 48 44 49 46 50
South Dakota 1991 45 48 45 48 48 27 46 43 48 47 50
South Dakota 1992 45 48 45 48 50 12 48 44 49 46 50
South Dakota 1993 45 47 44 48 43 16 48 42 48 46 50
South Dakota 1994 45 47 44 46 47 19 46 42 48 44 50
South Dakota 1995 45 47 45 47 48 18 46 44 48 46 50
South Dakota 1996 45 47 45 47 50 19 48 44 47 43 50
South Dakota 1997 45 44 45 42 48 11 44 45 48 39 50
South Dakota 1998 46 48 45 48 49 22 46 45 48 46 50
South Dakota 1999 46 48 46 47 42 8 48 46 47 43 49
State Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Vehicle
South Dakota 2000 46 49 47 50 49 12 47 46 49 48 49
South Dakota 2001 46 49 47 49 50 5 49 47 47 48 50
South Dakota 2002 46 49 46 49 47 5 48 45 47 48 50
South Dakota 2003 46 50 46 50 49 7 48 46 48 50 48
South Dakota 2004 46 49 46 50 45 6 47 46 45 50 48
South Dakota 2005 46 50 46 50 40 4 46 46 48 50 47
South Dakota 2006 46 50 46 50 49 9 48 46 48 50 50
South Dakota 2007 46 50 46 50 41 13 48 46 50 50 50
South Dakota 2008 46 50 37 50 26 1 46 34 50 50 46
South Dakota 2009 46 50 46 50 30 2 49 43 49 50 46
State Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Vehicle
South Dakota 2010 46 49 35 49 35 3 45 29 45 49 46
South Dakota 2011 46 50 35 50 40 1 45 33 47 50 43
South Dakota 2012 46 45 26 46 39 2 46 24 45 45 41
South Dakota 2013 46 48 26 47 37 5 47 19 44 48 41
South Dakota 2014 46 41 25 45 41 6 44 19 45 44 41
South Dakota 2015 46 36 22 37 31 3 44 12 39 36 35
South Dakota 2016 46 34 19 36 35 7 44 11 37 36 30
State Year Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
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Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime by US States 1960 - 1977
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Crime, Punishment and Ratio of Crime to Punishment Per 100,000 and Rank by Year and between States

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Rate and Rank of Crimes in the United States 1960 to 2013 Violent Crime Property Crime Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Theft Motor Vehicle Theft