South Dakota animal cruelty data

52 offenses in 2025 15 cleared (29%)

6.2 per 100,000 residents 34th of 49 comparable states

90% NIBRS coverage Full-year reporting since 2016

15 agencies recorded a case of 92 agencies in the FBI's 2025 tables

Trend

Reported offenses over time

Lighter bars mark years when NIBRS agencies served less than 60% of residents.

Offenses per year

3 2016

12 2017

26 2018

35 2019

20 2020

37 2021

48 2022

27 2023

45 2024

52 2025

South Dakota animal cruelty offenses by year
Period	Offenses	Note
2016	3	93% coverage
2017	12	90% coverage
2018	26	95% coverage
2019	35	94% coverage
2020	20	95% coverage
2021	37	89% coverage
2022	48	89% coverage
2023	27	89% coverage
2024	45	90% coverage
2025	52	90% coverage

Monthly offenses

South Dakota monthly animal cruelty offenses (yearly totals of monthly offenses)
Year	Total offenses
2016	3
2017	12
2018	26
2019	35
2020	20
2021	37
2022	48
2023	27
2024	45
2025	52

Monthly offenses reported in South Dakota. Highest month: Jul 2021 (8).

South Dakota by year
Year	Offenses	Per 100,000	Clearance rate	Coverage	Agencies in FBI tables	Agencies with cases
2025	52	6.20	29%	89.7%	92	15
2024	45	5.43	24%	89.7%	89	16
2023	27	3.31	37%	88.6%	70	13
2022	48	5.94	35%	88.8%	63	16
2021	37	4.64	22%	89.0%	61	12
2020	20	2.36	20%	95.0%	113	12
2019	35	4.19	31%	94.4%	—	—
2018	26	3.11	31%	94.8%	—	—
2017	12	1.54	42%	89.5%	—	—
2016	3	0.37	33%	92.5%	—	—

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), via the Crime Data Explorer. Retrieved September 30, 2026. Methodology & downloads.

Agencies

Agencies reporting the most cases in 2025

Full agency directory

#	Agency	Type	County	2025	2020–2025
1	Rapid City Police Department SD0510100	City police	Pennington	11	28
2	Pennington County Sheriff's Office SD0510000	County	Pennington	6	29
3	Mitchell Police Department SD0170100	City police	Davison	5	30
4	Aberdeen Police Department SD0060100	City police	Brown	5	16
5	Box Elder Police Department SD0510300	City police	Meade, Pennington	4	10
6	Canton Police Department SD0410100	City police	Lincoln	4	9
7	Lincoln County Sheriff's Office SD0410000	County	Lincoln	3	14
8	Cheyenne River Tribal SD0200100	Tribal	—	3	5
9	Tea Police Department SD0410500	City police	Lincoln	2	10
10	Brown County Sheriff's Office SD0060000	County	Brown	2	6
11	Belle Fourche Police Department SD0090100	City police	Butte	2	2
12	Sioux Falls Police Department SD0490200	City police	Lincoln, Minnehaha	1	16
13	Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office SD0490000	County	Minnehaha	1	7
14	Meade County Sheriff's Office SD0460000	County	Meade	1	3
15	Huron Police Department SD0020100	City police	Beadle	1	1

Source FBI NIBRS Tables: Offense Type by Agency, 2020–2025; ORIs from the FBI agency directory. Retrieved September 30, 2026. Methodology & downloads.

Official animal abuser registries

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Agency directory

The FBI lists 141 law enforcement agencies in South Dakota, 141 of which report through NIBRS.

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