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South Dakota Sexual Violence Data Summary, 2023
This report presents an in-depth overview of sexual violence trends across South Dakota using FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data from 2023. The report explores victim-offender demographics, arrest rates, geographic and tribal-specific data, and the relationship between victims and offenders. It also includes historical trends, legal definitions, and key limitations in crime reporting.
South Dakota Campus Safety Reports Summary, 2023
This summary compiles data from 17 campus safety reports submitted by South Dakota post-secondary institutions, as required by the Clery Act. The report outlines incidents of rape, fondling, stalking, domestic violence, and dating violence reported on campuses, non-campus properties, and adjacent public areas in 2023.
Sexual Violence Data Brief, 2022
South Dakota’s rape rate remains higher than the national average, with Native American populations disproportionately affected and nearly half of all victims under the age of 20.
Sexual Violence Report, 2022
In 2022, South Dakota’s rape rate was 55.8 per 100,000, considerably higher than the national annual rape rate of 40 per 100,000.
Sexual Violence Report, 2021
In 2021, South Dakota’s annual rape rate was 59.7 per 100,000, considerably higher than the national annual rape rate of 28.3 per 100,000.
Sexual Violence Report, 2020
While the national rape rate has been steadily declining since 1992, the rape rate in South Dakota (SD) has been steadily increasing since the 1960s and has remained higher than the national rate since 1992.
Sexual Violence Report, 2019
The Crime in South Dakota report shows 486 rape offenses in 2019 (excludes rape offenses reported on tribal lands) at a rate of 54.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, down by 4 or 0.82% from the previous year.
Sexual Violence Data Brief, 2019
This data brief shows rape rates by county in South Dakota as well as sexual violence among youth, and demographics of rape victims and rape offenders.
Sexual Behaviors, YRBS 2009-2019
South Dakota high school youth sexual behavior data from the 2009-2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.