The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Laramie, WY

Laramie is the fourth-largest city in Wyoming, with 35,100 residents in Albany County, about 40 miles west of downtown Cheyenne · Updated November 2026

Is Laramie, WY safe?

Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Laramie: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Laramie run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 920 of 1,000
Safer than most US neighborhoods What this means

74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Laramie as a whole, and 26% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Laramie scores 920.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 928 of 1,000Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods
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Property crimeSafety score 906 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works

Crime map of Laramie

Map of Laramie shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Laramie, WY at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Laramie, 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 Laramie

Reported rape is the exception. Laramie grades A+ for violent crime, but reported rape grades A-, worse than in the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live.

Vehicle theft runs low. Laramie has 0.68 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.7.

The safest and least safe parts of Laramie

Every part of Laramie where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Laramie run from A+ to B+; 80% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.

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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Within Laramie, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.

Is crime going up in Laramie?

Since 2019, reported violent crime in Laramie is down 28% and property crime is up 17%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.8 to 1.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 9.8 to 11 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 21% and property crime fell 20%.

Violent crime, change since 2019

Property crime, change since 2019

LaramieUnited States

Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Laramie. The charts follow crimes per resident.

Data table
YearViolent, LaramieViolent, USProperty, LaramieProperty, US
2016-33%+4%+31%+15%
2017-48%+4%+42%+12%
2018-45%+0%+24%+4%
2019+0%+0%+0%+0%
2020+12%+4%+9%-8%
2021+28%+6%+46%-10%
2022-41%+5%+28%-6%
2023-10%+2%+47%-7%
2024-28%-4%+17%-15%

Crime rates and types in Laramie

CrimeGrade™ estimates Laramie has about 27 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 27% 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.

Assault is the most common crime in Laramie, about 38% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 10.010.05
RapeA-160.470.38
RobberyA+under 10.030.62
AssaultA-36510.412.3
Property crime
BurglaryA621.82.4
TheftA3028.613.1
Vehicle theftA+240.682.7
ArsonA+20.060.12
VandalismA1825.25.5

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 Laramie

Laramie has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.

In Laramie, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 55% of them, against 18% nationally.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
BurglaryHomes (62%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from carsStreets and sidewalks (55%)Morning (6 am to noon)
VandalismStreets and sidewalks (41%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assaultHomes (66%)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 Laramie compares with nearby cities

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Laramie is safer than 89% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
LaramieA920A+A35,100
Lewis Center, OHA916A+A35,000
Havertown, PAA905A+A-35,200
Immokalee, FLA-841A-A35,200
Key West, FLA-828A-A-35,200
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Fairbanks, AKA-801A-A-35,100
Sanger, CAA-786B+A-35,400
Wheeling, WVA-784B+A-35,300
Pleasant Hill, CAB+738A-B-35,200
Middle River, MDB-602BB-35,300
La Presa, CAB-571BC35,200

Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Transit, parking lots and walkability in Laramie

Laramie looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.

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 Laramie: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 68% 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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% 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.85% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 64% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.26% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 64% of US city residents

BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Laramie on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.

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 Laramie

Crime costs Laramie about $597 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 50% 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 $22 million a year, or $613 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$690,000$20
Rape$990,000$28
Robbery$31,000$1
Assault$3.3 million$93
Burglary$560,000$16
Theft$1.6 million$44
Vehicle theft$370,000$10
Arson$49,000$1
Vandalism$1.3 million$37
Total$8.8 million$250

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 Laramie 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.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data

Schools in Laramie

Schools in Laramie, WY average a SchoolGrade of B-: 55% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Laramie on SchoolGrade