Crime & Safety in Cheyenne
Cheyenne's real, current crime picture carries a real, disclosed methodological tension this record does not smooth over: one FBI-data-based citation framed Cheyenne's overall rate as 56.53% above a national baseline the source itself defined, even though that same overall rate sits almost exactly at this project's own separately recurring national comparison figure.
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Learn moreA Real, Disclosed Tension on Which National Baseline Is Used
An FBI-data-based citation (HomeSnacks) put Cheyenne's overall total crime rate at 3,317.3 per 100,000 residents (approximately 33.17 per 1,000), framing this as 56.53% ABOVE a national baseline the SAME source separately cited at 2,119.2 per 100,000 (approximately 21.19 per 1,000). Yet this project's own separately recurring national crime-rate comparison figure (approximately 33.37 per 1,000, per City-Data, used consistently across this project's other Tier A+ records) sits almost exactly at Cheyenne's own overall rate -- meaning the '56.53% above national' framing depends entirely on which differently-sourced 'national average' baseline is used.
Violent Crime Ran Below the Source's Own Cited National Baseline
The same source's violent-crime rate specifically (3.4 per 1,000) ran approximately 8.49% BELOW its own separately cited national violent-crime baseline (359.0 per 100,000, approximately 3.59 per 1,000). Property crime ran at approximately 30.9 per 1,000 per the same citation.
Local Resident Commentary Skews Toward Safety
Local commentary reviewed (Nextdoor-sourced) described residents' concerns as centering on scams, littering, occasional fights, and road safety, with most residents describing Cheyenne as an overall safe place to live -- a real, qualitative counterpoint to the more dramatic 56.53%-above-national framing above.
Neighborhood-Level Variance Was Not Researched This Pass
This record did not independently research neighborhood-level crime variance within Cheyenne to comparable depth this pass -- movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Cheyenne Police Department's own published statistics rather than relying on any single citywide framing in isolation.
Key takeaways
- One citation framed Cheyenne's overall crime rate as 56.53% above a national baseline the source itself defined -- but that same overall rate sits almost exactly at this project's own separately recurring national comparison figure.
- Violent crime specifically ran approximately 8.49% below the same source's own cited national violent-crime baseline.
- Local resident commentary skews toward describing Cheyenne as an overall safe place to live, despite concerns about scams, littering, and road safety.
- This record did not research neighborhood-level crime variance in comparable depth this pass -- confirm current, address-specific data directly via the Cheyenne Police Department.
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