Laura M Welch House · Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Sioux Falls reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Sioux Falls’ police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #183 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of SD” is every other South Dakota 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 Sioux Falls
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Sioux Falls’ police reported 10 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 4.0 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of South Dakota (3.2) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: above the rest of South Dakota
37.2 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (68 reported in 2025), above the rest of South Dakota (28.9) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Sioux Falls reports less crime per resident than 44% (#183). Places like it ↓
Compared with the rest of South Dakota
Sioux Falls is home to 24% of South Dakota’s residents, so this page compares it with the rest of the state rather than a state total that includes the city itself. Violent crime ↓
A job center
Sioux Falls has 129,976 jobs based in town for 213,748 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Sioux Falls’ 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.
Homicides and robberies
Sioux Falls’ police reported 10 homicides, 68 robberies and 777 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of South Dakota and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Sioux Falls | Rest of South Dakota | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Sioux Falls | Rest of South Dakota | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 70.0 | 27.7 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 32.4 | 34.6 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 47.4 | 28.1 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 31.9 | 24.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
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 South Dakota.
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| Year | Sioux Falls property | Rest of South Dakota property | Sioux Falls violent | Rest of South Dakota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.8 | 21.8 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 24.3 | 22.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 29.2 | 19.0 | 5.3 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 21.9 | 17.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 22 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
5,446 crimes reported in 2025
777 violent and 4,669 property, as reported to the FBI by Sioux Falls’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
54 people died in crashes on Sioux Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
Sioux Falls had 49 fatal crashes in five years, in which 54 people died; 8 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 10 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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.
Sioux Falls and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | D | 4.4 | 25.1 |
| Split Rock Township | — | — | — |
| Springdale Township | — | — | — |
| Delapre Township | — | — | — |
| Mapleton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Split Rock Township, Springdale Township, Delapre Township and Mapleton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Sioux Falls. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Sioux Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (213,449 in 2025); our figure for Sioux Falls is 213,748 (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 Sioux Falls
Is Sioux Falls, SD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sioux Falls reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. Its police reported 4.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the rest of South Dakota and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Sioux Falls?
4.4 violent and 25.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of South Dakota reports 3.8 and 19.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Sioux Falls?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Sioux Falls in 2025?
Sioux Falls’s police reported 10 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Sioux Falls?
Sioux Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sioux Falls”. 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.