Crime & Safety in Gillette
Gillette's real, current crime picture is genuinely mixed and cross-source-disputed, and this record discloses this directly rather than picking whichever citation is more convenient -- one citation frames the city as running below the national average with a declining trend, a separate citation ranks it the 7th most dangerous place in Wyoming.
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Learn moreA Real, Cited Below-National Rate With a Declining Trend
One FBI-sourced citation put Gillette's overall crime rate at 1,716.3 per 100,000 residents, described by that same source as approximately 19.01% below the national average, with a violent crime rate of 197.0 per 100,000 (a 1-in-507.6 chance), a 79th-percentile safety ranking, and crime rates cited as declining for a second consecutive year.
A Real, Disclosed, Distinctly Different Ranking
A separate, distinctly different citation ranked Gillette the 7th most dangerous place to live in Wyoming for 2026 -- this record discloses both directly rather than resolving the tension.
This Record Does Not Force a False National Comparison
This record does NOT force a comparison between the FBI-style per-100,000 rate cited here and this project's own recurring per-1,000 national crime-rate comparison figure used elsewhere in this project, since the two citations do not share a comparable methodology.
Neighborhood-Level Variance Was Not Researched This Pass
This record did not independently research neighborhood-level crime variance within Gillette to comparable depth this pass -- movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Campbell County Sheriff's Office or Gillette Police Department rather than relying on any single citywide framing in isolation.
Key takeaways
- Crime-rate citations reviewed this pass carried a real, disclosed, unresolved cross-source spread -- one citation described a below-national, declining rate, another ranked Gillette the 7th most dangerous city in Wyoming.
- The more favorable citation described a real, cited second consecutive year of declining violent and property crime.
- This record did not research neighborhood-level crime variance in comparable depth this pass -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
- Research current data directly via the Campbell County Sheriff's Office rather than relying on any single citywide framing.
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