Anthon W. Elster House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Crime reported in La Valley Township, SD
The FBI holds no crime figures for La Valley Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. Tea has a Safety Grade of B; no graded town is nearer.
The nearest South Dakota towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tea | B | 6 mi | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| Lennox | A− | 8 mi | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| Canton | B− | 10 mi | 2.2 | 10.5 |
| Sioux Falls | D | 11 mi | 4.4 | 25.1 |
| Beresford | B− | 21 mi | 1.8 | 10.4 |
| Vermillion | B− | 43 mi | 1.9 | 12.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of La Valley Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from La Valley Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Seven people died in crashes on La Valley Township’s roads in 2019–2023
La Valley Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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 La Valley Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so La Valley Township’s own rate (281.1) 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.
La Valley Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Harrisburg has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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.
- 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 La Valley Township
Is La Valley Township, SD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for La Valley Township. La Valley 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, 6 mi), Lennox (A−, 8 mi), Canton (B−, 10 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.