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Watertown Crime Rate Report (South Dakota)

Watertown 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 Watertown for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Watertown in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 44.62% and the city property crime rate in Watertown was lower than the national property crime rate average by 52.16%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Watertown was lower than the violent crime rate in South Dakota by 40.99% and the city property crime rate in Watertown was lower than the property crime rate in South Dakota by 44.05%.

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

Watertown Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault28
Arson0
Burglary13
Larceny and Theft146
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape14
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)207
Property Crime174
Violent Crime43
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault32
Arson0
Burglary12
Larceny and Theft158
Motor Vehicle Theft19
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape15
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)221
Property Crime188
Violent Crime46

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Watertown Property Crime

Watertown Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Watertown Crime 2025

Watertown Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Watertown Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Watertown Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Watertown, 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 Watertown 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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