Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Huron, SD Crime Grade
How Huron 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
7/10
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 Huron, SD was 281.2 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 14,579). That puts Huron 14% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 14% below the South Dakota statewide rate of 327.7.
That ranks Huron #2,545 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #8 of 13 in South Dakota. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and down 12% over the last five years.
Huron, SD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- South Dakota Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 281.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,545 of 3,771
- SD rank
- #8 of 13
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- down 12%
- Population
- 14,579
- Reporting agency
- Huron Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Huron Police Department (FBI ORI SD0020100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Huron, SD
History
Settled in 1880 and incorporated by the Dakota Territorial Legislature on 8 March 1883. (SD-T17/p71) Named by Marvin Hughitt, President of the North Western Railroad for the Huron Indians. Believed to be a corruption of the French word "hure" that was given to a tribe of Indians by the French, the word meaning "wild boar." (SD-T83/P85)
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. Huron (red), South Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Huron 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 319.3(43) | 355.5(48) | 185.4(27) | 291.7(43) | 281.2(41) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.8(2) | 37.0(5) | 34.3(5) | 47.5(7) | 48.0(7) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 304.4(41) | 318.4(43) | 144.2(21) | 237.4(35) | 233.2(34) |
| Property crime | 2138.2(288) | 1251.5(169) | 2053.4(299) | 1512.9(223) | 1378.7(201) |
| Burglary | 215.3(29) | 96.3(13) | 68.7(10) | 67.8(10) | 89.2(13) |
| Larceny | 1796.7(242) | 1066.4(144) | 1895.5(276) | 1377.2(203) | 1152.3(168) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 126.2(17) | 88.9(12) | 82.4(12) | 67.8(10) | 137.2(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Huron, 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 Huron 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 Huron calculated?
- Huron'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 Huron 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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