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Brookings Crime Rate Report (South Dakota)

Brookings crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 23 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Brookings for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Brookings in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 65.62% and the city property crime rate in Brookings was lower than the national property crime rate average by 43.65%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Brookings was lower than the violent crime rate in South Dakota by 63.37% and the city property crime rate in Brookings was lower than the property crime rate in South Dakota by 34.1%.

Property and Violent Crime
Brookings Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Brookings Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Brookings Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault25
Arson1
Burglary15
Larceny and Theft193
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)237
Property Crime215
Violent Crime28
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault21
Arson0
Burglary10
Larceny and Theft205
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)243
Property Crime221
Violent Crime25

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Brookings Property Crime

Brookings Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Brookings Crime 2025

Brookings Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Brookings Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Brookings Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Brookings, South Dakota crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Brookings crime report data for 2026 was projected from 23 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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