What is the crime rate in Belle Fourche, SD?

In 2025, the Belle Fourche Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 46 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 254 violent and 779 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,908 residents it serves.

Across South Dakota the rates were 327 and 1,430.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 254
Property per 100,000: 779
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 46

Crime reported by the Belle Fourche Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	15	252	71	1,191	5,960
2024	9	151	137	2,301	5,955
2025	15	254	46	779	5,908

Violent crimes reported went from 15 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 71 in 2023 to 46 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Belle Fourche against South Dakota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Belle Fourche	254	779
Butte County	172	488
South Dakota	327	1,430
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Belle Fourche, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Belle Fourche	—	254	779
Spearfish	12 mi	232	1,947
Deadwood	20 mi	428	2,070
Lead	22 mi	66	622
Sturgis	25 mi	329	2,202
Rapid City	52 mi	767	3,655
Box Elder	54 mi	312	1,379

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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