Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sioux Falls, SD Crime Grade
How Sioux Falls 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
8/10
vs. South Dakota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sioux Falls, SD was 364.0 per 100,000 residents (777 incidents over a population of 213,449). That puts Sioux Falls Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% above the South Dakota statewide rate of 327.7.
That ranks Sioux Falls #2,907 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #10 of 13 in South Dakota. Violent crime is down 31% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Sioux Falls, SD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- South Dakota Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 364.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,907 of 3,771
- SD rank
- #10 of 13
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 31%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 213,449
- Reporting agency
- Sioux Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sioux Falls Police Department (FBI ORI SD0490200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sioux Falls, SD
History
This place was named by the Dakota Land Company for the falls of the Big Sioux River that runs through the place. (SD-T83/p. 192)
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. Sioux Falls (red), South Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sioux Falls 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 | 538.4(1,031) | 546.3(1,092) | 435.2(899) | 526.7(1,111) | 364.0(777) |
| Murder | 1.6(3) | 3.5(7) | 0.5(1) | 6.6(14) | 4.7(10) |
| Rape | 52.2(100) | 37.5(75) | 16.9(35) | 28.0(59) | 15.0(32) |
| Robbery | 40.7(78) | 70.0(140) | 32.4(67) | 47.4(100) | 31.9(68) |
| Aggravated assault | 443.8(850) | 435.3(870) | 385.4(796) | 444.7(938) | 312.5(667) |
| Property crime | 2910.1(5,573) | 3100.4(6,197) | 2436.6(5,033) | 2927.1(6,174) | 2197.7(4,691) |
| Burglary | 316.4(606) | 369.2(738) | 287.6(594) | 302.9(639) | 222.5(475) |
| Larceny | 2090.3(4,003) | 2173.8(4,345) | 1635.4(3,378) | 2174.7(4,587) | 1696.9(3,622) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 488.8(936) | 539.8(1,079) | 505.9(1,045) | 437.6(923) | 268.0(572) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sioux Falls, 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 Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls calculated?
- Sioux Falls'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 Sioux Falls 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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