Ohio Oil Company Building · Photo: Andrew Farkas · CC BY-SA 3.0Casper reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Casper’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #17 of 19 graded towns in Wyoming.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WY” is every other Wyoming city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Casper
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Wyoming towns on Casper’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Mills (B+). Evansville reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Wyoming towns, lower
Wyoming’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Casper’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 11% of the 19 Wyoming towns we grade, against 23% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Casper’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Wyoming.
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| Year | Casper property | Rest of Wyoming property | Casper violent | Rest of Wyoming violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.9 | 19.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 18.1 | 13.8 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Casper’s police reported 503 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the rest of Wyoming and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Casper | Rest of Wyoming | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
1,249 crimes reported in 2025
187 violent and 1,062 property, as reported to the FBI by Casper’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Casper’s roads in 2019–2023
Casper had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Casper and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casper | C− | 2.9 | 21.7 |
| Mills | B+ | 1.3 | 7.4 |
| Evansville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Evansville reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Casper. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Casper’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (58,701 in 2025); our figure for Casper is 58,771 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Casper
Is Casper, WY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Casper reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #17 of 19 in Wyoming. Its police reported 2.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the rest of Wyoming and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Casper?
2.9 violent and 21.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Wyoming reports 2.2 and 16.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Casper?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Casper in 2025?
Casper’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Casper safer than Mills?
Mills reports less crime per resident than Casper: Mills grades B+ for safety and Casper C−. Mills’s police reported 1.3 violent and 7.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Casper?
Casper’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Casper”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.