Aberdeen, SD carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 24% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Aberdeen, SD shows violent crime at 267.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,410.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 24% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
267.8/100K violent
1410.5/100K property
-24% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Aberdeen, SD
Comparable rate records
Aberdeen's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the South Dakota cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Aberdeen's 267.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Spearfish (263.6), Mitchell (262.7), Yankton (273.9), Mobridge (279.8). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 533.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 267.8 in 2024 (-49.8%). The highest observed value was 533.4 in 2020 and the lowest 267.8 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Aberdeen sits mid-pack among comparable South Dakota cities
At 267.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Aberdeen ranks 14 of 39 — above 25 of the 38 other South Dakota cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +37.6% against the cohort median of 194.6. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Aberdeen's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Aberdeen's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 16.6 Census sq mi, Aberdeen logged 23.8 property and 4.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Aberdeen's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 470 offenses; mix index 4,404).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (16.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-46.6%
501.8 → 267.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.1%
1701.1 → 1410.5/100K
Property offenses lead Aberdeen's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
395
1410.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
296
1057
-
Burglary
70
250
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
29
103.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
75
267.8
352
Aggravated Assault
61
217.8
-
Rape
14
50
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Aberdeen Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Aberdeen property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Aberdeen Police Department
Reporting agency for Aberdeen NIBRS-participating
Aberdeen Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Aberdeen's 470 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in South Dakota
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the South Dakota cities closest to Aberdeen in population. Their populations run from 13,657 to 24,638, against 28,004 here. Or use our
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Aberdeen at 267.8/100K violent and 1,410.5/100K property - matched below outside South Dakota (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Aberdeen reported 75 violent crimes and 395 property crimes, for a total of 470 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Aberdeen?
From 2023 to 2024, Aberdeen's violent crime rate decreased by 46.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.1%.
What is the most common crime in Aberdeen?
The most common crime type in Aberdeen is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.0% of all reported crimes (296 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Aberdeen figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Aberdeen, SD rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.