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Safety in Red Butte · Not graded

Red Butte has no Safety Grade

The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Mills, 4 miles away, graded B+. Red Butte has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Natrona County. The Natrona County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Red Butte alone, and no Safety Grade. There are 2 graded towns within 10 miles.

Violent crimes
16
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
39
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
4 mi
Mills (B+)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Red Butte

Policed by the county

Red Butte is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓

Counts, not rates

The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Red Butte. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Wyoming towns with their own police figures are Mills (B+, 4 mi), Casper (C−, 6 mi), Glenrock (A−, 30 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Red Butte. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Red Butte

What the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office reports

Natrona County Sheriff’s Office

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Natrona County without police of their own, which include Red Butte.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office

Larceny / theft33
Burglary2
Vehicle theft4
Aggravated assault10
Robbery0
Rape6
Homicide0
Arson0

Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.

Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Wyoming towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
MillsB+4 mi1.37.4
CasperC−6 mi2.921.7
GlenrockA−30 mi0.85.1
DouglasB53 mi1.19.6
RivertonD100 mi7.334.8
LuskC+100 mi3.510.4

Straight-line distance from the center of Red Butte. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Red Butte.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Red Butte’s roads in 2019–2023

That is about what is typical for Wyoming towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Red Butte’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Red Butte’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Wyoming towns of 2,500–5,000: 0.0

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.

Next door

Red Butte and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
CasperC−2.921.7

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Red Butte

Is Red Butte, WY safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Red Butte. The nearest Wyoming towns with a grade are Mills (B+, 4 mi), Casper (C−, 6 mi), Glenrock (A−, 30 mi).

Who polices Red Butte?

The Natrona County Sheriff’s Office. Red Butte is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Natrona County without police of their own.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.