Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Spearfish, SD Crime Grade
How Spearfish 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
5/10
vs. South Dakota cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Spearfish, SD was 231.9 per 100,000 residents (33 incidents over a population of 14,229). That puts Spearfish 29% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 29% below the South Dakota statewide rate of 327.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Spearfish (red), South Dakota (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Spearfish 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 | 174.3(21) | 247.7(31) | 188.3(25) | 263.6(36) | 231.9(33) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 107.9(13) | 127.8(16) | 67.8(9) | 102.5(14) | 105.4(15) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 8.0(1) | 7.5(1) | 14.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 66.4(8) | 103.9(13) | 113.0(15) | 146.4(20) | 126.5(18) |
| Property crime | 1917.5(231) | 2364.8(296) | 1973.5(262) | 1823.2(249) | 1946.7(277) |
| Burglary | 257.3(31) | 207.7(26) | 278.7(37) | 168.4(23) | 583.3(83) |
| Larceny | 1577.2(190) | 2013.3(252) | 1634.5(217) | 1545.0(211) | 1293.1(184) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 83.0(10) | 143.8(18) | 52.7(7) | 109.8(15) | 70.3(10) |
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: Spearfish'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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