Crime in Wyoming

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This article discusses crime in the U.S. state of Wyoming.

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Statistics

Crime in Wyoming (2008-2019) [1]
YearPopulationIndexViolent [note 1] Property [note 2] MurderRapeRobberyAssaultBurglaryLarceny-TheftVehicle-Theft
2008532,98115,8231,31214,51112184861,0302,20011,588723
2009544,27015,4391,19614,24311172789352,17611,310757
2010564,55414,9861,11713,8698162778702,15111,126592
2011567,35614,1231,24512,87818146711,0101,86410,493521
2012576,62614,3831,16113,22214154619322,12510,513584
2013583,22314,0211,21212,80917144749171,95610,275578
2014584,30412,6191,14211,47716127538991,6899,185603
2015586,55512,4511,30011,15116124591,0541,7628,797592
2016585,50112,8901,43011,46020150591,1461,7718,889800
2017578,93411,8861,35810,52814253989931,5568,211761
2018577,60111,5431,23510,30814261758851,5517,974783
2019578,75910,3511,2589,09313324678541,3966,984713

Capital punishment laws

Capital punishment is legal in Wyoming, although no one has been executed since January 22, 1992. [2] On Feb 15, 2019, the Wyoming Senate rejected a bill to repeal the death penalty. [3]

Footnotes

  1. Violent crime is defined as murder, rape, robbery, and assault.
  2. Property crime is defined as burglary, larceny-theft, and vehicle-theft.

References

  1. "Wyoming Crime Rates 1960 to 2019". disastercenter.com.
  2. "Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty". www.religioustolerance.org. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  3. Reynolds, Nick (February 14, 2019). "Wyoming Senate defeats death penalty repeal bill" . Casper Star Tribune . Retrieved May 12, 2023.