Wyoming

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In 2022, 202 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Wyoming. This is nearly the same as the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Wyoming in 2022 was 47 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 52 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Wyoming were not solved. This is 12 percentage points higher than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Cheyenne
  • Population:  579,315
  • Area:  97,093 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  46th
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Featured Wyoming Missing Cases

Kristi Richardson

Missing: Oct 06, 2014
Kristi Richardson, a 61-year-old trucking company owner, went missing on October 6, 2014, from her h ...Read More

John Boutin

Missing: Jan 13, 1983
John Michael Boutin, a 24-year-old from Rawlins, Wyoming, disappeared on January 13, 1983. At the ti ...Read More

Bruce Pike

Missing: Aug 02, 2006
Bruce Parker Pike, a 47-year-old man, disappeared on August 2, 2006, while camping at the Indian Cre ...Read More

Paul Pedry

Missing: Jul 07, 2020
Paul Daniel Pedry, a 43-year-old man from Casper, Wyoming, was last seen on July 7, 2020, near his r ...Read More

Michael Bullinger

Missing: Jun 11, 2017
Michael “Mike” Bullinger, a 60-year-old man, became the focus of a nationwide manhunt after he w ...Read More

Rodolfo Ramirez

Missing: Jul 06, 2019
Rodolfo “Rudy” Ramirez, a 74-year-old man with dementia, went missing on July 6, 2019, while cam ...Read More

Steve Keller

Missing: Sep 02, 2023
Steve Keller, a 76-year-old experienced outdoorsman from Palo Alto, California, went missing on Sept ...Read More

Charles Gustafson

Missing: Oct 11, 2006
Charles Duane Gustafson, a 72-year-old man from Minnesota, was last seen on October 11, 2006, while ...Read More

Terry Meador

Missing: Oct 19, 2018
Terry Meador, a 74-year-old avid hunter from Rock Springs, Wyoming, was last heard from on October 1 ...Read More

Breanna Mitchell

Missing: Jul 22, 2023
Breanna Mitchell, a 28-year-old woman from Worland, Wyoming, has been missing since July 22, 2023. S ...Read More
Featured Wyoming Murder Cases

George Walter

Murdered: May 04, 1973
On May 4, 1973, Special Agent George Walter Henderson II, aged 28, tragically lost his life in Cheye ...Read More

Muriel Chidsey

Murdered: Sep 07, 2016
On September 7, 2016, in Lander, Wyoming, 85-year-old Muriel Chidsey was found deceased in her home ...Read More

Adolph Cuny

Murdered: Jul 22, 1877
On July 22, 1877, Deputy Sheriff Adolph Cuny, aged 46, was fatally shot while attempting to arrest a ...Read More

Jocelyn Watt

Murdered: Jan 04, 2019
On January 4, 2019, in Riverton, Wyoming, 30-year-old Jocelyn Watt and her partner, Rudy Perez, were ...Read More

David Hatch

Murdered: Nov 28, 2023
David Scott Hatch, a 21-year-old resident of Lovell, Wyoming, passed away on December 2, 2023, follo ...Read More

Arnold Palmer

Murdered: Oct 06, 2019
Arnold Andre Palmer, a 48-year-old resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming, passed away on October 6, 2019 ...Read More

Lynne Poole

Murdered: Aug 07, 2016
In early August 2016, authorities in Laramie County, Wyoming, responded to concerns from family memb ...Read More

Anna Davis

Murdered: Jun 27, 2014
On June 27, 2014, in Casper, Wyoming, 21-year-old Anna Davis was fatally shot by her boyfriend, 22-y ...Read More

Ethan Thomas Leroy Moore

Murdered: Mar 27, 2019
On March 27, 2019, 19-year-old Ethan Thomas Leroy Moore was fatally shot in Casper, Wyoming. Details ...Read More

Steven Edward Hague

Murdered: May 19, 2023

On May 19, 2023, in Gillette, Wyoming, 59-year-old Steven Edward Hague was found deceased outsi ...Read More

Donna Marie Klingbeil

Murdered: Aug 05, 2018
On August 5, 2018, in Wapiti, Wyoming, 75-year-old Donna Marie Klingbeil was fatally shot in the hea ...Read More