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Safety in Humboldt Township · Not graded

Crime and safety in Humboldt Township, SD

The closest graded town is Tea, 16 miles away, at B. A 25-mile circle around it holds 3 towns with a grade. For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Humboldt Township itself, so it has no Safety Grade.

Nearest with figures

The nearest South Dakota towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
TeaB16 mi1.410.3
Sioux FallsD17 mi4.425.1
LennoxA−20 mi1.52.6
MadisonB27 mi1.48.0
CantonB−32 mi2.210.5
FlandreauB−37 mi2.19.8

Straight-line distance from the center of Humboldt Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Humboldt Township.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Four people died in crashes on Humboldt Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Humboldt Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.

That is more than is typical for South Dakota towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Humboldt Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Humboldt Township’s own rate (229.9) is context, not a ranking.

4
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
229.9
per 100,000 a year · South Dakota towns of 2,500–5,000: 0.0

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.

Next door

Humboldt Township and its neighbors

Greenland Township: not gradedClear Lake Township: not gradedWellington Township: not gradedHartford Township: not gradedGreenland TownshipClear Lake TownshipWellington TownshipHartford TownshipHumboldt Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Humboldt Township

Is Humboldt Township, SD safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Humboldt Township. Humboldt Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest South Dakota towns with a grade are Tea (B, 16 mi), Sioux Falls (D, 17 mi), Lennox (A−, 20 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.