Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rapid City, SD Crime Grade
How Rapid City 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
10/10
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 Rapid City, SD was 767.4 per 100,000 residents (623 incidents over a population of 81,185). That puts Rapid City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 134% above the South Dakota statewide rate of 327.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Rapid City (red), South Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rapid City 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 | 669.5(535) | 682.8(533) | 742.1(600) | 718.9(582) | 767.4(623) |
| Murder | 12.5(10) | 6.4(5) | 4.9(4) | 6.2(5) | 9.9(8) |
| Rape | 130.1(104) | 124.3(97) | 132.3(107) | 135.9(110) | 140.4(114) |
| Robbery | 77.6(62) | 83.3(65) | 117.5(95) | 103.8(84) | 81.3(66) |
| Aggravated assault | 449.3(359) | 468.9(366) | 487.3(394) | 473.1(383) | 535.8(435) |
| Property crime | 3222.4(2,575) | 3589.4(2,802) | 3904.8(3,157) | 3795.8(3,073) | 3654.6(2,967) |
| Burglary | 583.2(466) | 608.5(475) | 510.8(413) | 427.4(346) | 372.0(302) |
| Larceny | 2087.3(1,668) | 2460.8(1,921) | 2829.9(2,288) | 2986.8(2,418) | 2959.9(2,403) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 545.6(436) | 516.2(403) | 556.6(450) | 378.0(306) | 304.2(247) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Rapid City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to South Dakota cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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