Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Casper, WY Crime Grade
How Casper grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Wyoming — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wyoming
9/10
vs. Wyoming cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Casper, WY was 313.5 per 100,000 residents (184 incidents over a population of 58,701). That puts Casper Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 70% above the Wyoming statewide rate of 184.2.
That ranks Casper #2,703 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #10 of 11 in Wyoming. Violent crime is up 4% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Casper, WY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Wyoming Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 313.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,703 of 3,771
- WY rank
- #10 of 11
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 4%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 58,701
- Reporting agency
- Casper Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Casper Police Department (FBI ORI WY0130100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Casper (red), Wyoming (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Casper vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 270.1(156) | 212.9(124) | 261.3(152) | 302.4(177) | 313.5(184) |
| Murder | 3.5(2) | 3.4(2) | 3.4(2) | 6.8(4) | 1.7(1) |
| Rape | 91.8(53) | 101.3(59) | 53.3(31) | 68.3(40) | 49.4(29) |
| Robbery | 31.2(18) | 24.0(14) | 25.8(15) | 15.4(9) | 11.9(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 143.7(83) | 84.1(49) | 178.8(104) | 211.9(124) | 250.4(147) |
| Property crime | 2902.1(1,676) | 2865.5(1,669) | 2599.3(1,512) | 2123.8(1,243) | 1824.5(1,071) |
| Burglary | 486.6(281) | 381.2(222) | 278.5(162) | 251.2(147) | 230.0(135) |
| Larceny | 2192.1(1,266) | 2180.5(1,270) | 2054.4(1,195) | 1686.4(987) | 1473.6(865) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 219.9(127) | 286.7(167) | 257.9(150) | 177.7(104) | 98.8(58) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Casper, WY Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Casper Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Casper calculated?
- Casper's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Wyoming state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Wyoming cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Casper Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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