CrimeMetric

Crime in Casper, Wyoming

Major crime in Casper is 26% above the U.S. rate per resident: 8% higher for persons crimes and 30% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 5.4% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
126
26% above the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Wyoming rate
up 5.4% in a year
Persons crimes
108
8% above the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Wyoming rate
up 11.6% in a year
Property crimes
130
30% above the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Wyoming rate
up 4.4% in a year
Social disorder
158
1.6 times the U.S. rate
43% above the Wyoming rate
up 13.7% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Casper for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Casper

The middle half of Casper residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 33 and 161; the typical (median) resident's is 73. The citywide figure (126) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Casper, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5036.6%
  • 50–10030.2%
  • 100–20013.1%
  • 200–40016.1%
  • 400+3.9%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm151
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am105
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm135
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am92
Trend and outlook

Major crime rose 5.4% in a year; across Wyoming it fell 9.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime+5.4%WY -9.4%-14.5%WY -13.0%
Persons crimes+11.6%WY -1.9%-1.3%WY +0.1%
Property crimes+4.4%WY -10.8%-16.9%WY -15.5%
Social disorder+13.7%WY -5.1%-9.3%WY -7.8%

Change in expected crimes, with Wyoming as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Casper against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents

145 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Casper; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:

Valdosta, GA59,165215
Casper, WY59,049126
La Mesa, CA59,271122

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Casper has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Mills (3 mi), is 61% below Casper's rate.

Riverton105 mi209
Casper126
Gillette108 mi72
Rawlins85 mi71
Laramie112 mi58
Mills3 mi50
Worland116 mi46
Douglas49 mi41
Buffalo107 mi36

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Casper

What are the most common crimes in Casper?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 450 a year), other larceny (about 274 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 170 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.4 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Casper's figures add up its 41 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Casper's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 63.6% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 59,049. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Casper, Wyoming." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wy/casper

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100