Safest Places to Live in South Dakota of March 2024

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Last Update: March 11, 2023 Living

Located in the Midwestern United States, South Dakota borders North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana. It officially became a state in 1889.

With around 865,000 residents, it is the fifth least populous and the fifth least densely populated state. Its capital is Pierre, while the largest city is Sioux Falls, which has around 175,000 residents.

South Dakota is famous for Mount Rushmore, which is a great tourist attraction. The economy of South Dakota relies on agriculture, this state having a largely rural culture.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 3,000 residents were not included in the list.

10 Safest Places in South Dakota of March 2024

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Brandon10 24470,68
2Tea5 89881,36
3Vermillion10 833211,94
4Spearfish11 842231,94
5Belle Fourche5 600111,96
6Sturgis6 983142,00
7Brookings24 823542,18
8Madison7 558172,25
9Watertown22 233673,01
10Hot Springs3 485113,16

Crime Score in All Cities in South Dakota of March 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of South Dakota cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

  • Under 3,000 Residents
  • 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
  • Over 10,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Faith41300,00
2Rosholt43400,00
3Murdo44200,00
4Burke58600,00
5Avon59700,00
6Menno62200,00
7Kimball66200,00
8Alcester74400,00
9Scotland81400,00
10Centerville87900,00
11Tyndall1 03600,00
12Clark1 05600,00
13Groton1 50600,00
14Springfield1 93500,00
15Beresford1 98900,00
16Lead2 95820,68
17Freeman1 29010,78
18Sisseton2 42331,24
19Philip77311,29
20Tripp63011,59
21Summerset2 79651,79
22Lennox2 47652,02
23North Sioux City2 93262,05
24Elk Point1 85742,15
25Deadwood1 30732,30
26Wagner1 56142,56
27Kadoka71422,80
28Platte1 26343,17
29Chamberlain2 345166,82
30Flandreau2 323187,75
31Martin1 0712725,21

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Tea5 89881,36
2Belle Fourche5 600111,96
3Sturgis6 983142,00
4Madison7 558172,25
5Hot Springs3 485113,16
6Canton3 521123,41
7Mobridge3 550133,66

Over 10,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Brandon10 24470,68
2Vermillion10 833211,94
3Spearfish11 842231,94
4Brookings24 823542,18
5Watertown22 233673,01
6Mitchell15 733593,75
7Box Elder10 077424,17
8Huron13 840584,19
9Pierre14 018654,64
10Sioux Falls185 6288974,83
11Aberdeen28 8701605,54
12Yankton14 730865,84
13Rapid City76 3435407,07

How safe do you feel?

Is your city safe enough? Are you worried because of the crime rate in your town? Do you have any thoughts on safety levels in the country?

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