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South Dakota
Rapid City
Rapid City crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 21 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 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Rapid City in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate
average by 86.42% and the city property crime rate in Rapid City was higher than the
national property crime rate
average by 52.35%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Rapid City was higher than the
violent crime rate in South Dakota
by 77.27% and the city property crime rate in Rapid City was higher than the
property crime rate in South Dakota
by 81.51%.
Property and Violent Crime
Rapid City Crime Statistics
Summary Report
2019 Crime (Actual Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
358
Arson
9
Burglary
488
Larceny and Theft
1,646
Motor Vehicle Theft
320
Murder and Manslaughter
4
Rape
114
Robbery
64
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
2,680
Property Crime
2,454
Violent Crime
540
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
432
Arson
3
Burglary
353
Larceny and Theft
1,243
Motor Vehicle Theft
445
Murder and Manslaughter
5
Rape
110
Robbery
81
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
2,260
Property Crime
2,034
Violent Crime
628
Property and Violent Crime Totals
Actual versus Projected Crime Totals
City versus State versus National Crime 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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Rapid City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.
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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