South Dakota

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In 2022, 377 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in South Dakota. This is 16 percent higher than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in South Dakota in 2022 was 1 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 45 percent of violent crimes reported to police in South Dakota were not solved. This is 16 percentage points lower than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Pierre
  • Population:  878,698
  • Area:  77,116 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  22nd
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Alejandro Vasquez Andrew Lufkins Barbara Randall Beverly Ozuna-Ulrich Catherine Tornquist David Ruggiero Delma Sits Poor Donna Larrabee Doris Brings Plenty Edward Ulver Ellabeth Lodermeier Franklin Little Bear Jewel Wheeler Jonathan Christensen Jospeh Thomas Kevin Marshall Larissa Lonehill Linda Law Lloyd Bald Eagle Matthew Marshall JR Michelle Elbow Shield Neil Little Eagle Pah Pow Pamela Dunn Perry Robinson Jr. Rachel Cyriacks Richard Whitecalf Robert Odman Sr. Serenity Dennard Sharon Baldeagle Stanley Harris Stanley Strole Susan Fast Eagle Terry Good Voice Elk Tyler Weathersby Verdell Brown Bull Jr.
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Anna Aquash Monica Bercier-Wickre Victoria Eagleman
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Featured South Dakota Missing Cases

Serenity Dennard

Missing: Feb 03, 2019
Serenity was last seen February 3, 2019 leaving the Black Hills Children's Home at 24100 S. Roc ...Read More

Barbara Randall

Missing: Jan 11, 1984
Barbara was last known to be in Rapid City, SD. Height and weight are an approximate. ...Read More

Michelle Elbow Shield

Missing: Oct 06, 2023
Michelle was last seen on 10/6/2023. She was reported missing on 12/10/2023. ...Read More

Pamela Dunn

Missing: Dec 10, 2001
Pamela was reported missing after she failed to show up at work. Police responded to her apartment ...Read More

Verdell Brown Bull Jr.

Missing: May 03, 2021
Brown Bull was last seen in the Memorial Park area of Rapid City, South Dakota on May 3, 2021. He di ...Read More

Andrew Lufkins

Missing: Apr 07, 2010
Lufkins was last seen at the American Legion bar in Sisseton, South Dakota between 9:00 p.m. and 12: ...Read More

Ellabeth Lodermeier

Missing: Mar 06, 1974
Ellabeth was last seen at her home the 300 block of north Indiana Avenue in in Sioux Falls, South Da ...Read More

Larissa Lonehill

Missing: Oct 01, 2016
Lone Hill was last seen on October 3, 2016. She texted her cousin to say she was going with two male ...Read More

Donna Larrabee

Missing: Nov 17, 1976
Donna was last seen in Rapid City, South Dakota on November 17, 1976. She lived there with her mothe ...Read More

Richard Whitecalf

Missing: Jul 13, 2004
MP left Rapid City on foot headed for his home in Pine Ridge. MP was elderly, crippled and almost bl ...Read More
Featured South Dakota Murder Cases

Monica Bercier-Wickre

Murdered: Apr 07, 1993
Monica Bercier-Wickre, a 42-year-old Indigenous woman from Aberdeen, South Dakota, was last seen on ...Read More

Anna Aquash

Murdered: Feb 24, 1976
Anna Mae Aquash, a prominent Mi’kmaq activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), wa ...Read More

Victoria Eagleman

Murdered: Aug 23, 2006
Victoria "Vicki" Eagleman, a 33-year-old mother of five, was last seen alive on July 28, 2006, after ...Read More