Table 8
WEST VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2014
City | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition)1 |
Rape (legacy definition)2 |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alderson | 1,179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Barboursville | 4,119 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 380 | 9 | 369 | 2 | 0 | |
Beckley | 17,595 | 186 | 0 | 19 | 37 | 130 | 1,268 | 280 | 947 | 41 | 4 | |
Beech Bottom | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Benwood | 1,375 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Bethlehem | 2,448 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Bluefield | 10,476 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 219 | 50 | 151 | 18 | 2 | |
Bridgeport | 8,431 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 267 | 16 | 246 | 5 | 0 | |
Buckhannon | 5,695 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 167 | 22 | 145 | 0 | 0 | |
Chapmanville | 1,262 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 0 | |
Charleston | 50,693 | 622 | 9 | 48 | 119 | 446 | 3,326 | 688 | 2,497 | 141 | 25 | |
Chester | 2,542 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Dunbar | 7,821 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 188 | 53 | 130 | 5 | 2 | |
Eleanor | 1,578 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fairmont | 18,835 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 271 | 99 | 161 | 11 | 5 | |
Glasgow | 891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
Glen Dale | 1,484 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
Glenville | 1,548 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Grafton | 5,189 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Granville | 2,508 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 144 | 9 | 131 | 4 | 0 | |
Hamlin | 1,133 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Harrisville | 1,786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Kenova | 3,103 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 8 | 100 | 4 | 0 | |
Kingwood | 2,969 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lewisburg | 3,985 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 74 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 0 | |
Marmet | 1,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | |
Mason | 950 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Matoaka | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Milton | 2,542 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 10 | 57 | 6 | 1 | |
Moorefield | 2,500 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | |
Morgantown | 31,103 | 81 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 794 | 161 | 608 | 25 | 4 | |
Mount Hope | 1,385 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Nitro | 7,139 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 305 | 57 | 241 | 7 | 0 | |
Oak Hill | 8,261 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 273 | 46 | 214 | 13 | 1 | |
Oceana | 1,341 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 119 | 22 | 95 | 2 | 0 | |
Parkersburg3 | 31,139 | 88 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 67 | 259 | 53 | 13 | |||
Parsons | 1,421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Point Pleasant | 4,306 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 119 | 23 | 93 | 3 | 0 | |
Princeton | 6,442 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 225 | 60 | 159 | 6 | 4 | |
Reedsville | 605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Ripley | 3,256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Romney | 1,784 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ronceverte | 1,766 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
Sistersville | 1,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
South Charleston | 13,435 | 113 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 97 | 842 | 106 | 709 | 27 | 5 | |
St. Albans | 10,928 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 435 | 55 | 360 | 20 | 3 | |
Summersville | 3,532 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 149 | 2 | 145 | 2 | 0 | |
Vienna | 10,603 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 207 | 25 | 181 | 1 | 1 | |
Weirton | 19,476 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 279 | 49 | 219 | 11 | 0 | |
Wellsburg | 2,743 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
West Liberty | 1,741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Weston | 4,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
West Union | 836 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wheeling | 27,890 | 217 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 189 | 705 | 165 | 501 | 39 | 4 | |
White Hall | 666 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
White Sulphur Springs | 2,469 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Williamson | 3,066 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 1 | |
Williamstown | 2,935 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
Winfield | 2,331 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
- 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
- 3 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
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