Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cheyenne, WY Crime Grade
How Cheyenne 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wyoming
9/10
vs. Wyoming cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cheyenne, WY was 296.3 per 100,000 residents (195 incidents over a population of 65,811). That puts Cheyenne Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 61% above the Wyoming statewide rate of 184.2.
That ranks Cheyenne #2,638 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 30% of them, and #9 of 11 in Wyoming. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 9% over the last five years.
Cheyenne, WY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Wyoming Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 296.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,638 of 3,771
- WY rank
- #9 of 11
- Safer than
- 30% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 9%
- Population
- 65,811
- Reporting agency
- Cheyenne Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cheyenne Police Department (FBI ORI WY0110100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cheyenne, WY
Also known as
- Hell on Wheels
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cheyenne (red), Wyoming (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cheyenne 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 326.4(213) | 297.2(193) | 325.0(209) | 334.6(218) | 296.3(195) |
| Murder | 4.6(3) | 0.0(0) | 4.7(3) | 3.1(2) | 4.6(3) |
| Rape | 95.0(62) | 109.3(71) | 88.6(57) | 96.7(63) | 51.7(34) |
| Robbery | 36.8(24) | 26.2(17) | 43.5(28) | 27.6(18) | 33.4(22) |
| Aggravated assault | 190.0(124) | 161.7(105) | 188.2(121) | 207.2(135) | 206.7(136) |
| Property crime | 3772.4(2,462) | 3683.3(2,392) | 3758.5(2,417) | 3025.7(1,971) | 2669.8(1,757) |
| Burglary | 502.6(328) | 426.5(277) | 468.1(301) | 394.5(257) | 428.5(282) |
| Larceny | 2614.0(1,706) | 2827.2(1,836) | 2949.9(1,897) | 2391.7(1,558) | 2049.8(1,349) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 631.3(412) | 415.8(270) | 325.0(209) | 234.9(153) | 180.8(119) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cheyenne, 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 Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne calculated?
- Cheyenne'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 Cheyenne 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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