South Sioux City is a city of 15,700 in Dakota County, about 2 miles south of downtown Sioux City · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in South Sioux City?
Violent crime in South Sioux City sits near the national middle: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live. Assaults make up 97% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 827 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than South Sioux City as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. South Sioux City scores 827.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in South Sioux City, NE at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in South Sioux City, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about violent crime in South Sioux City
Simple assaults run high for a city with an A for violent crime. South Sioux City has 12.7 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 5.9.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in South Sioux City
Every part of South Sioux City where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across South Sioux City run from A+ to B-.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in South Sioux City?
Reported violent crime in South Sioux City has fallen 21% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.3 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
South Sioux CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves South Sioux City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, South Sioux City
Violent, US
2016
+46%
+4%
2017
+31%
+4%
2018
-19%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+53%
+4%
2021
+15%
+6%
2022
-25%
+5%
2023
-13%
+2%
2024
-22%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in South Sioux City
CrimeGrade™ estimates South Sioux City has about 15 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 9% more than the US as a whole and 15% more than Nebraska.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in South Sioux City, about 97% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Violent crime in South Sioux City and nearby cities
South Sioux City has more violent crime than 4 of its 5 nearest cities. Jefferson, SD and Sergeant Bluff, IA have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from South Sioux City. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, South Sioux City has more violent crime than 65% of them.
South Sioux City looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more assault. 66% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.48 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 60% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.20% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 57% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for South Sioux City: D- (9 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 55% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What violent crime costs South Sioux City
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs South Sioux City about $13 million a year, or $821 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $3.3 million, or $212 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 74% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$860,000
$55
Rape
$280,000
$18
Robbery
$76,000
$5
Assault
$2.1 million
$134
Total
$3.3 million
$212
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
