Fewer major crimes were committed in South Dakota in 2021, report shows

(The Heart Sq.) – Main crimes declined in 2021 after a spike in 2020, based on the “Crime in South Dakota 2021” report launched by the lawyer common’s workplace.

Nineteen folks have been murdered within the state in 2021, down from 35 in 2021. Sixteen murders have been reported in 2019.

Fifty-one fewer rapes have been reported in 2021 than in 2020, and 37 fewer arsons have been reported. Aggravated assaults dropped from 2,462 in 2020 to 2,101 in 2021.

Kidnappings declined from 160 in 2020 to 140 in 2021.

Negligent homicides elevated from 12 in 2020 to 22 in 2021. Negligent homicides embody “killings ensuing from looking accidents, gun cleansing, kids taking part in with weapons, and arrests related to driving beneath the affect, distracted driving (utilizing a cell/smartphone) and reckless driving visitors fatalities,” based on the report.

Of the 38,160 South Dakotans arrested in 2021, 15,210 have been charged with critical offenses that embody homicide, sexual offenses, assault, drug prices, prostitution, kidnapping, housebreaking, theft-related crimes and possession of pornography or obscene materials, based on the report.

“Legal statistics are an indispensable asset to help in figuring out developments in prison exercise,” stated Chad Mosteller, interim director of the Division of Legal Investigation “…that helps regulation enforcement officers and businesses of their efforts to maintain South Dakota communities secure.”

Greater than 91% of South Dakota’s regulation enforcement businesses supplied knowledge for the statewide report.