Meisch House · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainSouth Sioux City records more property crime per head than four in five U.S. towns
South Sioux City grades C for safety overall (#32 of 37 graded towns in Nebraska): more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The graded rate fell 24% from 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 1.8 violent crimes and 23.9 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Nebraska, 2.8 and 20.5.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NE” is every other Nebraska city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in South Sioux City
Among Nebraska towns, lower
Nebraska’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so South Sioux City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 14% of the 37 Nebraska towns we grade, against 26% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind South Sioux City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | South Sioux City property | Rest of Nebraska property | South Sioux City violent | Rest of Nebraska violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.2 | 25.9 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 25.8 | 20.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 26.5 | 22.9 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 19.5 | 18.6 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Nebraska.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | South Sioux City | Rest of Nebraska | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Sioux City’s police reported 76 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Nebraska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in South Sioux City per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
294 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
23 violent and 271 property, as reported to the FBI by South Sioux City’s police.
One person died in crashes on South Sioux City’s roads in 2019–2023
South Sioux City had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Nebraska towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (2.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of South Sioux City’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Sioux City’s own rate (1.4) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
South Sioux City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sioux City | C | 1.8 | 23.9 |
| Dakota City | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dakota City has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Nebraska towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sioux City | C | 1.8 | 23.9 |
| Beatrice | B+ | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| La Vista | B | 0.6 | 12.8 |
| Lexington | B− | 1.0 | 13.2 |
| North Platte | C | 1.4 | 21.8 |
| Scottsbluff | D | 5.0 | 34.4 |
The five graded Nebraska towns closest to South Sioux City’s population (14,158), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of South Sioux City. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against South Sioux City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,881 in 2025); our figure for South Sioux City is 14,158 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in South Sioux City
Is South Sioux City, NE safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Sioux City reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #32 of 37 in Nebraska. Its police reported 1.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Nebraska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in South Sioux City?
1.8 violent and 23.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Nebraska reports 2.8 and 20.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices South Sioux City?
South Sioux City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Sioux City”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.