Box Elder, SD Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Box Elder:

  • There were 235 total crimes committed in Box Elder the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,848.9 total crimes per 100K people in Box Elder.
  • The overall crime rate in Box Elder is -20.45% below the national average.
  • Box Elder ranks #43 safest out of 58 cities in South Dakota.
  • Box Elder ranks #6,194 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 1,848.9 per 100,000 people. That's -20.45% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -24.78% lower than the South Dakota total crime rate of 2,458.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Box Elder
/ 100k People
South Dakota
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 235 1,848.9 2,458.1 2,324.2
Murder 1 7.9 4.5 6.3
Robbery 2 15.7 30.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 33 259.6 399.1 268.2
Violent Crime 51 401.3 501.4 369.8
Burglary 23 181.0 340.1 269.8
Larceny 132 1,038.6 1,357.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 29 228.2 259.3 282.7
Property Crime 184 1,447.7 1,956.7 1,954.4

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 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Box Elder

51
Violent Crimes
401.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
8.51%
Above The National Average
  • There were 51 violent crimes in Box Elder in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Box Elder is 401.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 249.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Box Elder each year. That compares to a 1 in 199.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 8.51% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -19.97% lower than the South Dakota violent crime rate of 501.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Box Elder

184
Property Crimes
1,447.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-25.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 184 property crimes in Box Elder in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Box Elder is 1,447.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 69.1 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 -25.93% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -26.02% lower than the South Dakota property crime rate of 1,956.7 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 12,517 327 2,612.4 2,364.8 247.7
Sturgis, SD 7,121 218 3,061.4 2,626.0 435.3
Lead, SD 2,929 49 1,672.9 1,297.4 375.6
Summerset, SD 2,769 59 2,130.7 2,094.6 36.1

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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