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Table 8

WEST VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2011

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Barboursville 3,969 5 0 0 3 2 321 23 295 3 0
Beckley 17,637 134 0 11 36 87 1,050 212 786 52 4
Belington 1,923 11 0 0 0 11 17 4 13 0 0
Benwood 1,422 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0
Bethlehem 2,502 1 0 0 0 1 9 3 6 0 0
Buckhannon 5,646 3 0 0 1 2 167 31 127 9 3
Chapmanville 1,258 4 0 0 0 4 43 2 35 6 0
Charleston 51,466 510 5 23 120 362 3,009 635 2,234 140 31
Dunbar 7,917 37 1 3 9 24 173 45 119 9 5
Elkins 7,103 39 0 4 3 32 141 35 101 5 1
Follansbee 2,990 2 0 0 0 2 26 13 12 1 0
Glen Dale 1,528 1 0 0 0 1 22 7 15 0 0
Glenville 1,539 2 0 0 0 2 10 2 8 0 0
Hurricane 6,292 15 0 2 3 10 203 11 186 6 1
Kenova 3,220 3 0 0 0 3 118 21 89 8 0
Kingwood 2,943 1 0 0 0 1 7 6 1 0 0
Lewisburg 3,835 3 0 1 0 2 80 9 69 2 1
Logan 1,781 10 0 2 0 8 136 9 120 7 1
Martinsburg 17,249 79 0 4 20 55 972 171 772 29 9
Mason 969 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 5 0 0
Moorefield 2,547 31 0 0 1 30 55 3 47 5 0
Moundsville 9,330 44 1 2 5 36 477 114 347 16 3
Mount Hope 1,416 0 0 0 0 0 26 13 11 2 0
New Cumberland 1,104 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 6 0 0
New Martinsville 5,373 2 0 0 1 1 57 12 44 1 0
Nitro 7,187 13 0 3 3 7 236 37 184 15 3
Nutter Fort 1,595 2 0 0 0 2 30 6 24 0 0
Oceana 1,396 44 0 0 3 41 127 18 108 1 0
Paden City 2,636 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Pennsboro 1,172 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Philippi 2,970 34 0 2 0 32 20 8 12 0 0
Point Pleasant 4,356 13 0 0 4 9 115 23 90 2 0
Ravenswood 3,881 6 0 0 0 6 76 13 62 1 1
Ripley 3,256 0 0 0 0 0 35 3 29 3 0
Romney 1,850 16 0 0 0 16 7 3 4 0 0
Rowlesburg 585 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Shinnston 2,204 9 0 0 1 8 46 14 30 2 0
Sophia 1,346 2 0 0 0 2 33 6 25 2 1
South Charleston 13,467 66 2 2 7 55 524 72 423 29 1
St. Albans 11,058 26 3 3 11 9 355 72 262 21 1
Summersville 3,577 29 0 0 2 27 122 12 105 5 0
Terra Alta 1,479 1 0 0 0 1 6 4 1 1 0
Triadelphia 812 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0
Wardensville 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne 1,415 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0
Welch 2,409 15 0 0 0 15 14 1 12 1 0
Wellsburg 2,809 0 0 0 0 0 30 12 14 4 0
Weston 4,115 1 0 0 1 0 11 3 6 2 0
West Union 826 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
White Sulphur Springs 2,447 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Williamson 3,195 8 0 0 4 4 49 19 30 0 0

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