Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Box Elder, SD Crime Grade
How Box Elder grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of South Dakota — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
South Dakota
7/10
vs. South Dakota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Box Elder, SD was 311.9 per 100,000 residents (45 incidents over a population of 14,429). That puts Box Elder 4% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 5% below the South Dakota statewide rate of 327.7.
That ranks Box Elder #2,697 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #9 of 13 in South Dakota. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 46% over the last five years.
Box Elder, SD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- South Dakota Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 311.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,697 of 3,771
- SD rank
- #9 of 13
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 46%
- Population
- 14,429
- Reporting agency
- Box Elder Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Box Elder Police Department (FBI ORI SD0510300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Box Elder, SD
Also known as
- Boxelder
History
Named from the nearby stream. That was so named because along its banks the "Box Elder" (Acer negundo) grows in great abundance. (SD-T83/p. 46) Founded in 1907 and incorporated in 1965.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Box Elder (red), South Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Box Elder vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 579.3(63) | 401.3(51) | 441.3(57) | 349.6(51) | 311.9(45) |
| Murder | 9.2(1) | 7.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 110.3(12) | 118.0(15) | 100.7(13) | 68.5(10) | 55.4(8) |
| Robbery | 64.4(7) | 15.7(2) | 31.0(4) | 6.9(1) | 27.7(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 395.4(43) | 259.6(33) | 309.7(40) | 267.3(39) | 228.7(33) |
| Property crime | 2133.1(232) | 1455.5(185) | 1664.6(215) | 1199.5(175) | 1379.2(199) |
| Burglary | 413.8(45) | 181.0(23) | 178.1(23) | 171.4(25) | 159.4(23) |
| Larceny | 1461.9(159) | 1038.6(132) | 1269.7(164) | 863.7(126) | 921.8(133) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 248.3(27) | 228.2(29) | 209.0(27) | 157.7(23) | 298.0(43) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Box Elder, SD Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Box Elder Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Box Elder calculated?
- Box Elder's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the South Dakota state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to South Dakota cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Box Elder Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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