Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rock Springs, WY Crime Grade
How Rock Springs 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wyoming
5/10
vs. Wyoming cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Rock Springs, WY was 140.1 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 22,837). That puts Rock Springs 57% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 24% below the Wyoming statewide rate of 184.2.
That ranks Rock Springs #1,534 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 59% of them, and #5 of 11 in Wyoming. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
Rock Springs, WY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Wyoming Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 140.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,534 of 3,771
- WY rank
- #5 of 11
- Safer than
- 59% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 22,837
- Reporting agency
- Rock Springs Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rock Springs Police Department (FBI ORI WY0190200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Rock Springs (red), Wyoming (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rock Springs 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 | 222.3(51) | 165.8(38) | 188.7(43) | 149.3(34) | 140.1(32) |
| Murder | 4.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 78.5(18) | 39.3(9) | 79.0(18) | 22.0(5) | 35.0(8) |
| Robbery | 8.7(2) | 4.4(1) | 13.2(3) | 0.0(0) | 4.4(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 130.8(30) | 122.2(28) | 96.5(22) | 122.9(28) | 100.7(23) |
| Property crime | 1277.4(293) | 1283.1(294) | 1566.5(357) | 1325.8(302) | 840.7(192) |
| Burglary | 196.2(45) | 152.7(35) | 144.8(33) | 158.0(36) | 52.5(12) |
| Larceny | 959.1(220) | 1038.7(238) | 1263.7(288) | 1036.1(236) | 696.2(159) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 109.0(25) | 87.3(20) | 153.6(35) | 131.7(30) | 87.6(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rock Springs, 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 Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs calculated?
- Rock Springs'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 Rock Springs 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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