Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gillette, WY Crime Grade
How Gillette 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wyoming
8/10
vs. Wyoming cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gillette, WY was 221.0 per 100,000 residents (75 incidents over a population of 33,936). That puts Gillette Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 20% above the Wyoming statewide rate of 184.2.
That ranks Gillette #2,200 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 42% of them, and #8 of 11 in Wyoming. Violent crime is up 12% year over year and up 10% over the last five years.
Gillette, WY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Wyoming Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 221.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,200 of 3,771
- WY rank
- #8 of 11
- Safer than
- 42% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 12%
- 5-year change
- up 10%
- Population
- 33,936
- Reporting agency
- Gillette Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gillette Police Department (FBI ORI WY0030100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gillette, WY
Also known as
- Donkey Town
- Rocky Pile
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. Gillette (red), Wyoming (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gillette 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 | 201.3(65) | 321.8(104) | 235.2(78) | 197.0(66) | 221.0(75) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(2) |
| Rape | 49.5(16) | 89.7(29) | 66.3(22) | 41.8(14) | 47.1(16) |
| Robbery | 9.3(3) | 9.3(3) | 0.0(0) | 3.0(1) | 2.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 142.4(46) | 222.8(72) | 168.9(56) | 152.2(51) | 165.0(56) |
| Property crime | 1690.7(546) | 1974.0(638) | 1863.7(618) | 1537.2(515) | 1379.1(468) |
| Burglary | 167.2(54) | 130.0(42) | 217.1(72) | 140.3(47) | 61.9(21) |
| Larceny | 1387.3(448) | 1766.7(571) | 1544.1(512) | 1322.3(443) | 1231.7(418) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 136.2(44) | 74.3(24) | 96.5(32) | 62.7(21) | 82.5(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gillette, 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 Gillette 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 Gillette calculated?
- Gillette'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 Gillette 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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