Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Brookings, SD Crime Grade
How Brookings 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
South Dakota
2/10
vs. South Dakota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Brookings, SD was 112.6 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 24,860). That puts Brookings 65% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 66% below the South Dakota statewide rate of 327.7.
That ranks Brookings #1,268 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 66% of them, and #2 of 13 in South Dakota. Violent crime is up 32% year over year and up 5% over the last five years.
Brookings, SD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- South Dakota Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 112.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,268 of 3,771
- SD rank
- #2 of 13
- Safer than
- 66% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 32%
- 5-year change
- up 5%
- Population
- 24,860
- Reporting agency
- Brookings Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Brookings Police Department (FBI ORI SD0050100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Brookings, SD
Also known as
- Ada
History
Oringinally named Ada. Changed to Brookings in 1879 at the suggestion of W H Skinner, an early settler to honor Judge Wilmot W Brookings, an important pioneer to the State and a Congressional delegate. (SD-T17/p51)
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. Brookings (red), South Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brookings 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 | 107.6(27) | 177.0(42) | 102.8(25) | 85.2(21) | 112.6(28) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 19.9(5) | 50.6(12) | 24.7(6) | 16.2(4) | 8.0(2) |
| Robbery | 8.0(2) | 4.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.0(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 79.7(20) | 122.2(29) | 78.1(19) | 69.0(17) | 100.6(25) |
| Property crime | 673.6(169) | 1310.9(311) | 1176.2(286) | 1177.0(290) | 868.9(216) |
| Burglary | 103.6(26) | 122.2(29) | 86.4(21) | 44.6(11) | 60.3(15) |
| Larceny | 538.1(135) | 1138.0(270) | 1032.2(251) | 1059.3(261) | 776.3(193) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 31.9(8) | 50.6(12) | 57.6(14) | 73.1(18) | 28.2(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Brookings, 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 Brookings 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 Brookings calculated?
- Brookings'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 Brookings 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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