Box Elder, SD Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Box Elder, SD Summary

Crime in Box Elder research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Box Elder over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Box Elder:

  • There were 225 total crimes committed in Box Elder in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,542.3 total crimes per 100K people in Box Elder.
  • The overall crime rate in Box Elder is -27.23% below the national average.
  • Box Elder ranks #25 safest out of 41 cities in South Dakota.
  • Box Elder ranks #6,143 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Box Elder Vs South Dakota And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Box Elder is 1,542.3 per 100,000 people. That's -27.23% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -20.84% lower than the South Dakota total crime rate of 1,948.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Box Elder
/ 100k People
South Dakota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 225 1,542.3 1,948.3 2,119.2
Murder 1 6.9 4.7 5.0
Robbery 1 6.9 22.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 39 267.3 283.6 256.0
Violent Crime 51 349.6 362.3 359.0
Burglary 25 171.4 194.7 229.0
Larceny 126 863.7 1,195.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 23 157.7 195.9 259.0
Property Crime 174 1,192.7 1,586.0 1,760.0

Box Elder Crime Compared To South Dakota Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in South Dakota.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Box Elder

51
Violent Crimes
349.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-2.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 51 violent crimes in Box Elder in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Box Elder is 349.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 286.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Box Elder each year. That compares to a 1 in 276.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -2.62% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.51% lower than the South Dakota violent crime rate of 362.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Box Elder

174
Property Crimes
1,192.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 174 property crimes in Box Elder in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Box Elder is 1,192.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Box Elder each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.23% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -24.80% lower than the South Dakota property crime rate of 1,586.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Box Elder

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Spearfish, SD 13,657 285 2,086.8 1,823.2 263.6
Sturgis, SD 7,056 140 1,984.1 1,757.4 226.8

Box Elder SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
4
Amenities
7
Education
8
Commute
9
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