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Table 8

WEST VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2015

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
Barboursville 4,230 2 0 0 2 0 378 27 347 4 0
Beckley 17,137 234 3 22 57 152 1,387 319 1,024 44 12
Beech Bottom 502 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Belington 1,950 5 0 1 0 4 4 2 2 0 0
Benwood 1,369 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Bethlehem 2,429 4 0 0 0 4 9 1 8 0 0
Bluefield 10,445 68 1 5 8 54 186 43 131 12 3
Bridgeport 8,411 12 0 3 1 8 218 21 196 1 2
Buckhannon 5,690 3 0 0 1 2 174 17 149 8 2
Charleston 50,176 622 8 54 137 423 3,312 747 2,332 233 27
Charles Town 5,816 2 0 0 1 1 24 7 17 0 0
Dunbar 7,711 32 0 2 8 22 276 56 194 26 1
Fairmont 18,741 31 2 6 7 16 238 66 151 21 4
Fayetteville 2,883 7 0 1 0 6 163 18 143 2 2
Glen Dale 1,473 5 0 0 0 5 9 4 4 1 0
Glenville 1,540 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Grafton 5,209 4 0 0 0 4 5 2 3 0 0
Harrisville 1,767 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenova 3,068 8 0 2 3 3 108 5 97 6 1
Lewisburg 3,966 2 0 0 0 2 48 3 43 2 0
Marmet 1,461 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 14 5 0
Martinsburg 17,861 91 1 5 31 54 945 116 800 29 7
Mason 941 1 0 0 0 1 52 6 46 0 0
McMechen 1,852 4 0 0 0 4 4 1 3 0 0
Milton 2,688 6 0 1 0 5 64 14 47 3 0
Moorefield 2,493 17 0 0 0 17 51 11 39 1 0
Morgantown 31,621 81 0 12 22 47 675 155 493 27 2
Moundsville 8,852 31 0 1 2 28 301 48 241 12 5
Mount Hope 1,361 3 0 0 1 2 10 2 5 3 0
Nitro 6,812 24 0 3 1 20 368 26 330 12 0
Oak Hill 8,138 11 0 0 3 8 179 35 139 5 2
Parkersburg 30,885 71 2 13 10 46 1,060 320 676 64 10
Philippi 3,307 37 0 3 0 34 17 3 14 0 0
Point Pleasant 4,268 5 0 0 1 4 91 21 65 5 1
Princeton 6,353 37 1 2 4 30 249 53 180 16 1
Ripley 3,239 5 0 1 3 1 14 0 14 0 0
Shinnston 2,171 6 0 0 0 6 30 5 25 0 0
South Charleston 13,143 112 2 6 14 90 857 117 693 47 5
Spencer 2,218 3 0 0 0 3 41 0 40 1 0
St. Albans 10,786 43 0 4 9 30 471 91 352 28 1
Vienna 10,515 6 0 0 0 6 207 69 138 0 0
Weirton 19,273 24 1 6 7 10 307 49 249 9 2
Wellsburg 2,708 2 0 0 1 1 34 13 18 3 0
West Liberty 1,607 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Weston 4,075 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0
Wheeling 27,617 247 1 13 30 203 575 158 381 36 0
White Hall 662 1 0 0 0 1 8 1 7 0 0
Williamson 3,018 14 0 2 3 9 25 5 17 3 0
Winfield 2,340 2 0 0 0 2 12 1 11 0 1
  • 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 the 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 the data declaration for further explanation.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.