What is the crime rate in Spearfish, SD?

In 2025, the Spearfish Police Department reported 33 violent crimes and 277 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 232 violent and 1,947 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,229 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: 232
Property per 100,000: 1,947
Violent crimes: 33
Property crimes: 277

Crime reported by the Spearfish 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	25	188	262	1,973	13,276
2024	36	264	249	1,823	13,657
2025	33	232	277	1,947	14,229

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 33 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 262 in 2023 to 277 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.

Spearfish against South Dakota and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Spearfish	232	1,947
Lawrence County	179	1,205
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 Spearfish, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Spearfish	—	232	1,947
Deadwood	8.6 mi	428	2,070
Lead	9.9 mi	66	622
Belle Fourche	12 mi	254	779
Sturgis	17 mi	329	2,202
Rapid City	41 mi	767	3,655
Box Elder	45 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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