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Crime Index: (100 is Safest)

Crime rates for West Virginia

Top Ten Safest WV Cities

NAME
1 Arnoldsburg
2 Burnsville
3 Brandywine
4 Bowden
5 Masontown
6 Circleville
7 Mannington
8 White Sulphur Springs
9 Bruceton Mills
10 Bethany
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West Virginia Crime Rates

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annual crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
4,957 47,696 52,653
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
2.73 26.25 28.98




  • violent crime per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 4.7
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in West Virginia
    1 in 367
2.73
West Virginia
West Virginia violent crimes
Population: 1,808,344
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL 80 321 811 3,745
RATE PER 1,000 0.04 0.18 0.45 2.06
United States violent crimes
Population: 296,410,404
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL 16,692 93,934 417,122 862,947
RATE PER 1,000 0.06 0.32 1.41 2.91

  • property crime rate per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 34.3
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in West Virginia
    1 in 38
26.25
West Virginia
West Virginia property crimes
Population: 1,808,344
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL 11,286 32,594 3,816
RATE PER 1,000 6.21 17.94 2.10
United States property crimes
Population: 296,410,404
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL 2,154,126 6,776,807 1,235,226
RATE PER 1,000 7.27 22.86 4.17

  • crimes per square mile

2
West Virginia
  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 49.6


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