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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Aaron BriggsAaron SadlerAbigail SmithAcacia ColvinAdolph CunyAdrien ButlerAlberto OrtegaAlfred BathAmber CarlsonAngela CunninghamAngelina BeartuskAngelina HarrisonAnna DavisArnold PalmerArthur EmilAshley BartelAshley CraigBarbel MunzBaylee ClarkBill LakanenBill MillerBoyd HallBrandon Arguello LopezBrandon MachadoBroderick Clayton HillsBruce EllysonC.e. PierceCamilo MorenoCarlene Dawn BrownCasey ChristensenCatheryn GriffinCharles ConantCharles CosbyCharles HoldenChristine ThorntonChristopher GarciaChristopher JacobCollin JonesCortaevius WilliamsD.m. BakerDana Marie RobertsonDanielle Nichole MartinDaniel BarlowDarrell PetryDavid HatchDavid ValenciaDeborah SteplockDeidra RoweDerek Redstar PappanDonald WatsonDonna Marie KlingbeilDusty GreenDwight M. BrockEdward LloydEdward PhillipsEd SamuelsonEric Anthony KaylorErin JohnsonEthan Thomas Leroy MooreEugene Hogan IiiEverett Eugene ConantFeli Ann SjostromFrank RoachGary Dale HodgesGeorge Carsten Doc LeyGeorge EdwardGeorge WalterHansenHugh PetrieJack JerniganJames CapenJames WrightJamye Don SorelleJanessa SpencerJeremy Brian JacquesJerry SalzJessica WellsJocelyn WattJohn-paul BirgenheierJohn BaxterJohn BuxtonJohn VeachJon HardyJoseph ConantJoseph TortolitoJosiah HazenJustin RobinsonKameron Young JohnsonLaurie ThompsonLena Lynn FletcherLenea BrownLevi KingLoretta BenaderetLouis FalkenburgLynne PooleMark DreiMark MechamMartha BaileyMary Ann BierMason BaughMatthew BoyerMatthew CaggianoMatthew WilsonMaurizio DadinMerle Delore CollisonMichael Angel RosaMichael RobbinsMichael Standing ElkMichael TolarMichelle BarberMochdaveyano FisherMuriel ChidseyNacuma Roland ConantNevada KrinkeeNicholas Michael VelazquezOlvin Yonairo Montoya RamirezOwen Miles LawsonPhillip BrewerRachel RaffertyRachel Saport-johnsonRichard AbeytaRichard NickelsRobbie RamirezRobert LoweryRobert WiddowfieldRonald BlankRudy PerezSandra BellahSeana FisherShaline WymerShawny SmithShawny SmithShirley WilliamsonSimpsonStallone TrosperStephen Francis SkajSteven Edward HagueSteve CrerarTanner MillerTeresa ZimmerThomas KlingTodd CalliesTom MajorsTroy L. MabbittTyler BurnsUtahnna TillW.c. RickerWesley Willow Jr.Whitney Nicole SewellWilliam FloydWilliam JacksonWilliam Michael Johnson
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Featured Wyoming Missing Cases

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

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

Renee Yeargain

Missing: Aug 09, 2004
Renee Yeargain, a 24-year-old mother of four, was last seen on August 9, 2004, in Torrington, Wyomin ...Read More

Shannon McClure

Missing: Jun 15, 2013
Shannon Nicole McClure, a 23-year-old mother from Sheridan, Wyoming, was last seen on June 15, 2013. ...Read More

Rudolph Fantin

Missing: Aug 11, 1991
Rudolph David Fantin, a 38-year-old man, was last seen on August 11, 1991, near Flaming Gorge Reserv ...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

Justin Harris

Missing: Feb 15, 2004
Justin Phillip Harris, a 13-year-old boy from Casper, Wyoming, was last seen on February 15, 2004, a ...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

Seth Uptain

Missing: Apr 04, 2010
Seth Allen Uptain, a 32-year-old man, was last seen on April 4, 2010, in Casper, Wyoming. At the tim ...Read More

Kimberly Novak

Missing: Apr 17, 1992
Kimberly Kay Novak, aged 33, was last seen on April 17, 1992, in Granger, Wyoming. She had a tumultu ...Read More
Featured Wyoming Death by Force Cases

Lynne Poole

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

Derek Redstar Pappan

Death: Mar 25, 2023
On March 25, 2023, 44-year-old Derek Redstar Pappan was fatally shot in his home, a single-wide trai ...Read More

William Floyd

Death: Aug 04, 1910

On August 4, 1910, Special Agent William Floyd of the Union Pacific Railroad Police Department ...Read More

Ed Samuelson

Death: Nov 01, 1907
On November 1, 1907, Guard Ed Samuelson was fatally shot during an escape attempt at the Wyoming Sta ...Read More

George Walter

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

Nicholas Michael Velazquez

Death: Sep 13, 2023
On September 13, 2023, in Douglas, Wyoming, 38-year-old Nicholas Michael Velazquez was fatally shot ...Read More

Michael Standing Elk

Death: Aug 09, 2023
On August 8, 2023, 42-year-old Michael Standing Elk was fatally shot in his home on the Wind River I ...Read More

Justin Robinson

Death: Nov 26, 2017
On November 26, 2017, the body of 19-year-old Justin Robinson was discovered in a reservoir on the W ...Read More

Carlene Dawn Brown

Death: Aug 16, 2022
On August 16, 2022, 22-year-old Carlene Dawn Brown was tragically killed in a murder-suicide inciden ...Read More

Michael Robbins

Death: Nov 14, 2017
On November 14, 2017, 35-year-old Michael Brody Robbins was fatally shot in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Robbi ...Read More

Collin Jones

Death: Jul 10, 2020
On July 10, 2020, 60-year-old Collin James Jones was fatally shot near Alcova Marina in Natrona Coun ...Read More