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Casper, WY crime & safety

Casper's reported crime rate is well above Wyoming's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 187 violent crimes were reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Casper compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

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Casper’s Safety Grade: C-

Casper reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 76% report less.

CViolent crimeC-Property crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 24%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Wyoming towns we grade (23)Safer than 9%
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,259)Safer than 30%
Good confidence. Built on 4,308 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Casper anywhere from C- to C.
How the Safety Grade works
  • One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in WY ranking.
  • Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
  • Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
  • Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
  • What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025

Casper at a glance

Violent crime
3.2
per 1,000 residents · Wyoming 1.9
Property crime
18.1
per 1,000 residents · Wyoming 11
Incidents reported
1,249
187 violent · 1,062 property
Since 2023
▼ 30%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Casper 3.2
Wyoming 1.9
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Casper 18.1
Wyoming 11
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025

CasperWyoming
051015202530 202320242025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearCasper propertyWyoming propertyCasper violentWyoming violent
202325.915.82.52
202421.113.22.92.1
202518.1113.21.9
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
868
Burglary
136
Vehicle theft
58
Aggravated assault
147
Robbery
7
Rape
32
Homicide
1
Arson
13

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Casper safe

Local public safety

👮 Casper Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Nearby

Casper and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
CasperC-3.218.12025
MillsB+2.13.42025
Evansville—2.210.92023

No town figures in the FBI's data: Red Butte, Hartrandt.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 58,700, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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