Table 6
WEST VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2016
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 | 1,181 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
Barboursville | 4,091 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 313 | 15 | 292 | 6 | 0 | |
Beckley | 16,940 | 214 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 159 | 1,278 | 246 | 984 | 48 | 2 | |
Beech Bottom | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Belington | 1,935 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Benwood | 1,350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bethlehem | 2,410 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Bluefield | 10,298 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 105 | 208 | 51 | 136 | 21 | 3 | |
Bridgeport | 8,402 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 219 | 23 | 191 | 5 | 0 | |
Buckhannon | 5,662 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 219 | 21 | 192 | 6 | 2 | |
Ceredo | 1,377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Charleston | 49,429 | 767 | 13 | 36 | 152 | 566 | 3,939 | 947 | 2,694 | 298 | 28 | |
Charles Town | 6,030 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 141 | 61 | 74 | 6 | 1 | |
Dunbar | 7,612 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 234 | 68 | 147 | 19 | 6 | |
Fairmont | 18,733 | 79 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 329 | 77 | 224 | 28 | 6 | |
Fayetteville | 2,885 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 9 | 68 | 4 | 0 | |
Glen Dale | 1,452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Grafton | 5,145 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Huntington3 | 48,540 | 378 | 3 | 33 | 125 | 217 | 1,497 | 115 | 20 | |||
Kenova | 3,058 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 6 | 85 | 5 | 1 | |
Lewisburg | 3,971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 0 | 106 | 1 | 0 | |
Marmet | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | |
Martinsburg | 17,789 | 81 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 43 | 882 | 117 | 740 | 25 | 3 | |
Mason | 937 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
McMechen | 1,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Milton | 2,683 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 19 | 80 | 5 | 0 | |
Monongah | 1,100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Moorefield | 2,467 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 56 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 0 | |
Morgantown | 31,109 | 89 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 56 | 674 | 129 | 517 | 28 | 3 | |
Moundsville | 8,644 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 308 | 45 | 244 | 19 | 3 | |
Mount Hope | 1,371 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
New Martinsville | 5,190 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |
Nitro | 6,729 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 293 | 31 | 235 | 27 | 0 | |
Oak Hill | 8,104 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 289 | 68 | 214 | 7 | 1 | |
Parkersburg | 30,913 | 206 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 156 | 1,373 | 371 | 923 | 79 | 6 | |
Pennsboro | 1,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Philippi | 3,320 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
Point Pleasant | 4,262 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 72 | 15 | 55 | 2 | 0 | |
Princeton | 6,017 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 215 | 59 | 146 | 10 | 0 | |
Ravenswood | 3,837 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Ripley | 3,255 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Romney | 1,759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ronceverte | 1,749 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
Shinnston | 2,164 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
South Charleston | 12,957 | 91 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 75 | 914 | 113 | 754 | 47 | 5 | |
St. Albans | 10,635 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 486 | 100 | 340 | 46 | 0 | |
St. Marys | 1,859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Summersville | 3,459 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 128 | 7 | 117 | 4 | 1 | |
Vienna | 10,537 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 447 | 29 | 415 | 3 | 0 | |
Weirton | 19,067 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 209 | 41 | 152 | 16 | 5 | |
Wellsburg | 2,685 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
West Liberty | 1,561 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Weston | 4,078 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Wheeling | 27,486 | 266 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 223 | 669 | 183 | 453 | 33 | 1 | |
White Hall | 665 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Williamson | 2,968 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | |
Williamstown | 2,977 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
Winfield | 2,364 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 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.
- 3 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
Data Declaration
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