Gillette, WY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gillette, WY Summary

Crime in Gillette research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gillette 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 Gillette:

  • There were 575 total crimes committed in Gillette in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,716.3 total crimes per 100K people in Gillette.
  • The overall crime rate in Gillette is -19.01% below the national average.
  • Gillette ranks #27 safest out of 31 cities in Wyoming.
  • Gillette ranks #6,608 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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Gillette Vs Wyoming And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gillette is 1,716.3 per 100,000 people. That's -19.01% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 19.58% higher than the Wyoming total crime rate of 1,435.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gillette
/ 100k People
Wyoming
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 575 1,716.3 1,435.3 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.4 5.0
Robbery 1 3.0 7.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 51 152.2 135.8 256.0
Violent Crime 66 197.0 203.4 359.0
Burglary 47 140.3 171.2 229.0
Larceny 442 1,319.3 954.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 20 59.7 106.2 259.0
Property Crime 509 1,519.3 1,231.9 1,760.0

Gillette 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 Gillette

66
Violent Crimes
197.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-45.13%
Below The National Average
  • There were 66 violent crimes in Gillette in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gillette is 197.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 507.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gillette each year. That compares to a 1 in 491.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -45.13% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.13% lower than the Wyoming violent crime rate of 203.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gillette

509
Property Crimes
1,519.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-13.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 509 property crimes in Gillette in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gillette is 1,519.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 65.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gillette each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -13.68% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 23.32% higher than the Wyoming property crime rate of 1,231.9 per 100,000 people.

Gillette SnackAbility

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