Pennington County Crime Statistics South Dakota

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Pennington County Crime Statistics South Dakota state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,307 crimes in Pennington County, South Dakota. With a population of 96,364, there was 1 crime for every 29.1 people in the county. Out of the 3,307 crimes reported, 2,933 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 374 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	4.15
Rape	106	110.00
Robbery	40	41.51
Assault	224	232.45
Burglary	580	601.88
Larceny	2,203	2286.12
Vehicle	149	154.62
Arson	1	1.0

The 2007 crime rate was 3,431.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A 7.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,197.2 incidents). There were 388.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 19.1% change (from 333.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 8.6% from (2,864.2) the previous year to 3,043.7 per 100,000 people.

Pennington County ranks #41 for violent crimes and #49 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,189 and #2,240 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

Pennington County Criminal Records
Pennington County Jails
Pennington County Courts

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	1.1	88	93.3	40	42.4	185	196.2
2005	2	2.1	102	109.4	39	41.8	193	207.0
2004	3	3.2	107	115.5	48	51.8	156	168.3
2003	1	1.1	104	114.0	38	41.6	183	200.6
2002	2	2.2	92	103.0	30	33.6	175	196.0
2001	3	3.4	110	123.9	33	37.2	156	175.7
2000	2	2.3	95	107.3	42	47.4	172	194.2
1999	3	3.4	93	106.8	37	42.5	175	200.9
1998	2	2.3	76	87.2	67	76.8	162	185.8
1997	3	3.4	75	84.6	54	60.9	178	200.9
1996	1	1.1	71	80.8	44	50.1	179	203.6
1995	0	0.0	84	96.0	59	67.4	193	220.5
1994	3	3.5	78	90.1	53	61.2	263	303.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	554	587.5	2,022	2144.2	124	131.5	1	1.1
2005	630	675.7	2,475	2654.5	143	153.4	0	0.0
2004	682	735.9	2,419	2610.3	160	172.7	1	1.1
2003	525	575.4	3,259	3571.7	177	194.0	1	1.1
2002	646	723.5	3,292	3686.7	168	188.1	1	1.1
2001	588	662.4	3,322	3742.2	206	232.1	1	1.1
2000	565	637.9	3,307	3734.0	176	198.7	1	1.1
1999	741	850.7	4,059	4660.0	210	241.1	1	1.1
1998	734	841.8	3,910	4484.5	143	164.0	1	1.1
1997	750	846.3	4,233	4776.5	138	155.7	2	2.3
1996	796	905.6	3,608	4104.6	135	153.6	1	1.1
1995	833	951.5	3,549	4054.0	138	157.6	1	1.1
1994	771	890.6	3,733	4312.0	215	248.3	1	1.2

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population