CrimeMetric

Crime in Wyoming

Major crime across Wyoming is 34% below the U.S. rate per resident: 40% lower for persons crimes and 32% lower for property crimes. That is tied for the 46th highest of the 50 states and DC. Expected major crimes are down 9.4% from a year earlier. Of the 25 places below, 8 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
66
34% below the U.S. rate
1,137 per 100,000
down 9.4% in a year
Persons crimes
60
40% below the U.S. rate
185 per 100,000
down 1.9% in a year
Property crimes
68
32% below the U.S. rate
952 per 100,000
down 10.8% in a year
Social disorder
110
10% above the U.S. rate
2,556 per 100,000
down 5.1% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in Wyoming, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

PlaceIndexAgainst Wyoming
Cheyenne1322.0 times
Casper1261.9 times
Gillette728% higher
Laramie5812% lower
Rock Springs5812% lower
Sheridan5517% lower
Evanston7513% higher
Jackson3547% lower
Green River4532% lower
Cody4040% lower
Riverton2093.2 times
Lander5221% lower
Douglas4139% lower
Rawlins717% higher
Buffalo3646% lower
Torrington5615% lower
Powell65about the same
Mills5025% lower
South Greeley9138% higher
Fox Farm-College1121.7 times
Worland4631% lower
Ranchettes2365% lower
Kemmerer2070% lower
Newcastle5517% lower
Warren AFB2464% lower

The 25 largest places in Wyoming, largest first.

Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 1.8 times the U.S. rate

Every block group in Wyoming, including towns and unincorporated areas: the index against the U.S. rate per resident, and expected crimes a year per 100,000 residents.

Persons crimes

Rape / sexual assault10735.8
Murder732.6
Aggravated assault60139
Robbery198.2

Property crimes

Shoplifting89282
Other larceny70348
Burglary68110
Theft from vehicle52136
Motor vehicle theft4774.6

Social disorder

Drugs and alcohol177881
Disorderly conduct109129
Trespassing109255
Simple assault105764
Vandalism81331
Intimidation64145
Weapons violations5150.7

How crime varies across Wyoming

Share of Wyoming residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5066.3%
  • 50–10017.1%
  • 100–20010.5%
  • 200–4004.6%
  • 400+1.4%

93.8% of Wyoming residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI. Data sources

457 block groups and 591,641 residents. How the estimates are made