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Yankton Crime Rate Report (South Dakota)

Yankton crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Yankton for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Yankton in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 41.79% and the city property crime rate in Yankton was lower than the national property crime rate average by 5.16%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Yankton was lower than the violent crime rate in South Dakota by 37.98% and the city property crime rate in Yankton was higher than the property crime rate in South Dakota by 10.92%.

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

Yankton Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault17
Arson0
Burglary7
Larceny and Theft209
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape12
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)266
Property Crime229
Violent Crime30
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault28
Arson2
Burglary3
Larceny and Theft257
Motor Vehicle Theft23
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape15
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)320
Property Crime283
Violent Crime44

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Yankton Property Crime

Yankton Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Yankton Crime 2025

Yankton Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Yankton Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Yankton Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Yankton, 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 Yankton crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 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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