The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Gillette, WY
Gillette is a city of 42,300 in Campbell County · Updated November 2026
Is Gillette, WY safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Gillette: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 80% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 937 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
80% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gillette as a whole, and 20% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gillette scores 937.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Gillette, WY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gillette, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Gillette
Vehicle theft runs low. Gillette has 0.66 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.7.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Gillette, 44% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Gillette
Every part of Gillette where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Gillette run from A+ to A-; 87% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Gillette, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Gillette?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Gillette is up 38% and property crime is down 23%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 20 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 16% and property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GilletteUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Gillette. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Gillette
Violent, US
Property, Gillette
Property, US
2016
+38%
+4%
+7%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
-9%
+12%
2018
+30%
+0%
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+30%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
+37%
+6%
-15%
-10%
2022
+120%
+5%
-2%
-6%
2023
+66%
+2%
-6%
-7%
2024
+38%
-4%
-23%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Gillette
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gillette has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% less than the US as a whole and close to Wyoming.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Gillette is assault, about 36% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Gillette
Gillette has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Gillette, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Gillette compares with nearby cities
Gillette has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Two things set Gillette apart: it has 4.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Gillette: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.77% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 73% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 73% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Gillette
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Gillette about $779 a year per household, 35% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $32 million a year, or $746 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$25
Rape
$1.0 million
$24
Robbery
$37,000
$1
Assault
$4.8 million
$114
Burglary
$460,000
$11
Theft
$2.4 million
$58
Vehicle theft
$430,000
$10
Arson
$110,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.9 million
$46
Total
$12 million
$291
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Gillette means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Gillette is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Gillette, WY average a SchoolGrade of C-: 52% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Gillette on SchoolGrade
