SF Annual Safety Briefing Talks 2025 Crime Decrease

SF annual safety briefing talks 2025 crime decrease

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Sioux Falls is at a five year low in violent crime per capita in 2025.That's one of the takeaways from an annual public safety briefing today. The city of Sioux Falls added more than five thousand new people in the past year. Despite the growing population the amount of both [...]

What it costs to keep crime down as Sioux Falls grows

Simplified: Sioux Falls is a safe place, Mayor Paul TenHaken emphasized during an annual public safety briefing Tuesday morning. That's no accident. TenHaken oversaw a significant increase in public safety spending – including new resources to help police solve crimes in real time. Here's a closer look. Why it mattersViolent crimes per capita reached a five-year low in 2025, and an "unprecedented low" rate of property crimes, as Police Chief Jon…

Sioux Falls’ crime rate continues trending down as population steadily grows

SIOUX FALLS — Sioux Falls is a growing city. And it’s not a surprise that with more people comes more crime. Yet, somehow, it was the opposite in Sioux Falls last year. Sioux Falls saw less violent crime in 2025 than the year prior, both in terms of the raw numbers and when accounting for population. Fewer homicides, fewer rapes, fewer assaults and fewer robberies — all despite the city’s population growth of about 5,000 new residents. The resul…