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Safety in Tetonka Township · Not graded

Crime reported in Tetonka Township, SD

The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Aberdeen, 26 miles away, graded C. Tetonka Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest South Dakota towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
AberdeenC26 mi4.014.7
HuronC52 mi2.516.5
WatertownC+59 mi2.611.4
SissetonB−73 mi2.67.9
BrookingsB94 mi1.010.7
MitchellC96 mi2.919.2

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

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Tetonka Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Tetonka Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.

That is about what 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 Tetonka Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Tetonka Township’s own rate (909.1) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
909.1
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

Tetonka Township and its neighbors

Mellette Township: not gradedClifton Township: not gradedBenton Township: not gradedLa Prairie Township: not gradedSumner Township: not gradedBeotia Township: not gradedMellette TownshipClifton TownshipBenton TownshipLa Prairie TownshipSumner TownshipBeotia TownshipTetonka 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 Tetonka Township

Is Tetonka Township, SD safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Tetonka Township. The nearest South Dakota towns with a grade are Aberdeen (C, 26 mi), Huron (C, 52 mi), Watertown (C+, 59 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.