Canton, SD Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Canton

Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Canton_{/100k people}	South Dakota_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	34	n/a (estimate)	1,006	2,399	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Canton_{/100k people}	South Dakota_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	0	n/a	0.0	3.1	5.3
Rape	1	n/a	29.6	58.8	40.4
Robbery	0	n/a	0.0	31.4	102.8
Assault	6	n/a	177.5	325.0	248.5
Violent crime	7	n/a (estimate)	207	418	386
Burglary	11	n/a	325.4	346.6	468.9
Theft	14	n/a	414.2	1,460.4	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	2	n/a	59.2	173.6	236.9
Property crime	27	n/a (estimate)	799	1,981	2,451

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Worthing, SD	1,066	0	0	0
Rock Valley, IA	3,623	0	665	665
Larchwood, IA	865	110	788	898
Shindler, SD	782	169	800	969
Harrisburg, SD	5,129	257	1,218	1,475
Tea, SD	4,628	178	1,323	1,501
Lester, IA	269	295	2,113	2,407
Canton, SD	3,306	207	799	1,006

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Canton is 65% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 2.76 daily crimes that occur in Canton.
Canton is safer than 64% of the cities in the United States.
In Canton you have a 1 in 100 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Canton has decreased by 13%.

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Compare Canton, SD Crime To Other Cities

Daily Crime In Canton (per 100,000 people)

How Safe is Canton (higher is better)

Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Canton

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Canton is 1 in 483

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Canton is 1 in 126

The chance of being a victim of crime in Canton is 1 in 100

Year Over Year Crime In Canton (per 100,000 people)

Canton police department

Item	Canton	South Dakota	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	5	995	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	1.6	2.2	3.3

There are a total of 5 Canton police officers. This results in 1.6 police officers per 1,000 residents which is 30.4% less than the South Dakota average and 52.3% less than the National average.

Sex offenders in South Dakota

State	Total offenders	South Dakota_/100K	National_/100K
South Dakota	0	0	0

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Pagedale, MO	3,306	1,389	3,533	4,922
Golden Beach, MD	3,307	218	1,056	1,275
Richville, OH	3,304	159	1,363	1,522
Wellsboro, PA	3,304	160	881	1,041
West Lake Hills, TX	3,309	30	2,259	2,289
Canton, SD	3,306	207	799	1,006

Source: The Canton, SD crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2016. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.