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Rapid City Crime Rate Report (South Dakota)

Rapid City crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Rapid City for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Rapid City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 134.23% and the city property crime rate in Rapid City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 136.91%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Rapid City was higher than the violent crime rate in South Dakota by 149.59% and the city property crime rate in Rapid City was higher than the property crime rate in South Dakota by 177.09%.

Property and Violent Crime
Rapid City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Rapid City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Rapid City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault435
Arson15
Burglary302
Larceny and Theft2,403
Motor Vehicle Theft247
Murder and Manslaughter8
Rape114
Robbery66
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,178
Property Crime2,952
Violent Crime623
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault420
Arson9
Burglary359
Larceny and Theft2,278
Motor Vehicle Theft380
Murder and Manslaughter8
Rape113
Robbery78
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,244
Property Crime3,018
Violent Crime619

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Rapid City Property Crime

Rapid City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Rapid City Crime 2025

Rapid City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Rapid City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Rapid City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Rapid City, 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 Rapid City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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