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Canton Crime Rate Report (South Dakota)

Canton crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Canton for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Canton in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 6.85% and the city property crime rate in Canton was lower than the national property crime rate average by 35.93%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Canton was lower than the violent crime rate in South Dakota by 0.74% and the city property crime rate in Canton was lower than the property crime rate in South Dakota by 25.06%.

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

Canton Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault5
Arson0
Burglary6
Larceny and Theft20
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)29
Property Crime29
Violent Crime9
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault6
Arson0
Burglary6
Larceny and Theft30
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)40
Property Crime40
Violent Crime10

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Canton Property Crime

Canton Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Canton Crime 2025

Canton Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Canton Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Canton Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Canton, 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 Canton crime report data for 2026 was projected from 20 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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