Crime & Safety in Wyoming
Wyoming runs genuinely one of the safer states in the country by both violent and property crime rate -- 43.4% and 30% below the national average respectively in 2024 -- though this record discloses a real, recent year-over-year increase in both measures running counter to the national downward trend.
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Learn moreThe 2024 statewide numbers
Wyoming's 2024 violent crime rate ran 203.4 incidents per 100,000 residents -- 43.4% below the national average, among the five lowest state violent-crime rates in the country (behind only Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island). Property crime ran 1,232 per 100,000, 30% below the national average.
A real, disclosed increase working against the national trend
Both measures rose year-over-year in 2024: violent crime up 5% (versus a 5.4% average decline across all states nationally) and property crime up 16.5% (versus a 9% average decline nationally) -- a real, disclosed divergence from the national downward trend this record does not omit in favor of the more flattering absolute rate alone.
What this means in practice
Wyoming's low absolute crime rate is genuine and consistent with the state's low population density and small-community character, but the real, recent increase is worth taking seriously rather than assuming Wyoming is simply immune to the broader forces affecting crime elsewhere. As in every state, confirm current, local, county-level crime data for any specific target community rather than relying on the statewide figure alone.
Key takeaways
- Wyoming's 2024 violent crime rate ran 43.4% below the national average (among the 5 lowest states); property crime ran 30% below the national average.
- Both rates rose year-over-year in 2024 (violent +5%, property +16.5%) against a national downward trend -- a real, disclosed divergence.
- Confirm current, local, county-level crime data for your specific target community rather than relying on the statewide figure alone.
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