| | Cheyenne, WY | Cottonwood (Shasta County), CA | United States |
| | 15.3 | 24.2 | 22.7 |
| | 47.8 | 40.5 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Cheyenne, Wyoming | Crime Index |
| Carpenter, WY | 13.8 |
| Ranchettes, WY | 15.2 |
| Warren AFB, WY | 17.5 |
| Burns, WY | 19.1 |
| Pine Bluffs, WY | 21.3 |
| Albin, WY | 24.2 |
| Hillsdale, WY | 25.0 |
| South Greeley, WY | 26.0 |
| Fox Farm-College, WY | 31.5 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 31.6 |