countyscore

Best Safety Counties in South Dakota

Violent and property crime rates per 100K residents Compare rankings across all 66 counties.

Average Safety Score
73/100
Top County
Buffalo County
Counties Ranked
66

Top 10

#1
Buffalo County
SD
98/100
#2
Douglas County
SD
98/100
#3
Grant County
SD
98/100
#4
Haakon County
SD
98/100
#5
Hanson County
SD
98/100
#6
Harding County
SD
98/100
#7
Hyde County
SD
98/100
#8
Jackson County
SD
98/100
#9
Mellette County
SD
98/100
#10
Oglala Lakota County
SD
98/100

All South Dakota Counties Ranked

#CountySafety ScoreOverall Score
1Buffalo County, SD
97.5
65.9
2Douglas County, SD
97.5
61.5
3Grant County, SD
97.5
68.9
4Haakon County, SD
97.5
65.5
5Hanson County, SD
97.5
62.2
6Harding County, SD
97.5
74.8
7Hyde County, SD
97.5
57.4
8Jackson County, SD
97.5
66.7
9Mellette County, SD
97.5
51.9
10Oglala Lakota County, SD
97.5
65.4
11Todd County, SD
97.5
50.5
12Ziebach County, SD
97.5
63.9
13Bon Homme County, SD
93.9
61.9
14Edmunds County, SD
93.8
62.8
15Dewey County, SD
93.5
54.1
16Hutchinson County, SD
93.5
65.7
17Sully County, SD
93.3
70
18Hand County, SD
92
72.3
19Campbell County, SD
91.9
62.9
20Faulk County, SD
91.7
68.8
21Potter County, SD
91.2
66.2
22Perkins County, SD
90.7
66.3
23Sanborn County, SD
90.7
61.6
24Clark County, SD
90.5
63
25Roberts County, SD
90.1
52.8
26Minnehaha County, SD
89.8
49.5
27Miner County, SD
89.6
68
28Jerauld County, SD
89.5
65.9
29Fall River County, SD
88.7
46.6
30Marshall County, SD
88.3
64.5
31Gregory County, SD
86.5
61.9
32Aurora County, SD
86.3
61.3
33Kingsbury County, SD
85.5
66.5
34Day County, SD
84.4
60.5
35Turner County, SD
84.2
59.3
36Stanley County, SD
84.1
60.1
37Spink County, SD
82.8
58.6
38Hamlin County, SD
81.9
57.1
39Deuel County, SD
81.4
67.3
40Charles Mix County, SD
80.6
55.3
41McCook County, SD
80
58.8
42Walworth County, SD
78.6
50.6
43Tripp County, SD
75.4
50.7
44Lyman County, SD
74
59.4
45Lake County, SD
68
51
46McPherson County, SD
67.7
60.5
47Corson County, SD
66.2
49
48Jones County, SD
66
58.8
49Union County, SD
65.8
51.5
50Moody County, SD
65.7
50.5
51Butte County, SD
60.2
43.5
52Beadle County, SD
57.1
43.2
53Brookings County, SD
48.3
48.5
54Custer County, SD
43.7
50.7
55Codington County, SD
33.5
40.4
56Brown County, SD
32.9
42.5
57Bennett County, SD
29.5
43
58Lawrence County, SD
28.9
43.9
59Hughes County, SD
24.5
42.3
60Clay County, SD
24.4
37.1
61Brule County, SD
21.6
46.4
62Meade County, SD
20
34.5
63Yankton County, SD
15.9
42.9
64Davison County, SD
14.6
43.3
65Pennington County, SD
5.4
27.8
66Lincoln County, SD
0.4
34.4

Data Source

Safety data from CrimeByCounty. See full details at CrimeByCounty. Data updated February 2026.