Evanston, WY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Evanston, WY Summary

Crime in Evanston research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Evanston over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Evanston:

  • There were 239 total crimes committed in Evanston in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,021.5 total crimes per 100K people in Evanston.
  • The overall crime rate in Evanston is -4.61% below the national average.
  • Evanston ranks #28 safest out of 31 cities in Wyoming.
  • Evanston ranks #7,270 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Evanston Vs Wyoming And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Evanston is 2,021.5 per 100,000 people. That's -4.61% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 40.84% higher than the Wyoming total crime rate of 1,435.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Evanston
/ 100k People
Wyoming
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 239 2,021.5 1,435.3 2,119.2
Murder 1 8.5 2.4 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 7.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 16 135.3 135.8 256.0
Violent Crime 46 389.1 203.4 359.0
Burglary 29 245.3 171.2 229.0
Larceny 158 1,336.4 954.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 50.7 106.2 259.0
Property Crime 193 1,632.4 1,231.9 1,760.0

Evanston Crime Compared To Wyoming Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Wyoming.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Evanston

46
Violent Crimes
389.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
8.38%
Above The National Average
  • There were 46 violent crimes in Evanston in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Evanston is 389.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 257.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Evanston each year. That compares to a 1 in 491.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 8.38% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 91.32% higher than the Wyoming violent crime rate of 203.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Evanston

193
Property Crimes
1,632.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-7.25%
Below The National Average
  • There were 193 property crimes in Evanston in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Evanston is 1,632.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Evanston each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -7.25% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 32.51% higher than the Wyoming property crime rate of 1,231.9 per 100,000 people.

Evanston SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
7
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
9
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