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Table 8

WEST VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2017

State Population Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Alderson 1,171 2 0 0 0 2 25 6 19 0 0
Barboursville 4,315 3 0 0 3 0 298 38 253 7 0
Beckley 16,862 117 1 22 19 75 1,006 172 791 43 6
Bluefield 10,148 121 2 13 9 97 212 65 132 15 4
Bridgeport 8,401 24 0 3 1 20 268 22 237 9 0
Buckhannon 5,610 3 0 3 0 0 237 20 201 16 0
Ceredo 1,365 0 0 0 0 0 26 4 21 1 0
Charleston 48,788 572 10 57 84 421 3,516 736 2,427 353 26
Charles Town 6,062 4 0 0 0 4 78 36 41 1 1
Dunbar 7,486 35 1 2 3 29 213 43 132 38 0
Fairmont 18,604 56 3 4 11 38 370 100 220 50 6
Fayetteville 2,839 3 0 0 1 2 68 6 59 3 0
Glen Dale 1,433 2 0 0 0 2 15 2 12 1 0
Grafton 5,121 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 7 0 0
Huntington 47,933 428 16 54 120 238 2,082 599 1,303 180 17
Kenova 3,029 6 0 0 2 4 83 4 73 6 2
Lewisburg 3,935 4 0 0 0 4 147 4 143 0 0
Madison 2,831 1 0 0 0 1 46 7 34 5 4
Martinsburg 17,761 84 1 12 20 51 804 93 690 21 5
Mason 927 2 0 1 1 0 59 3 56 0 1
Moorefield 2,460 38 0 2 0 36 80 5 73 2 1
Morgantown 31,215 83 0 10 16 57 480 88 369 23 0
Moundsville 8,691 26 0 3 4 19 254 41 204 9 1
Mount Hope 1,341 2 0 0 0 2 19 4 15 0 0
Nitro 6,645 14 0 1 2 11 173 22 135 16 0
Oak Hill 8,490 15 0 5 0 10 211 43 158 10 3
Parkersburg 30,475 221 4 26 11 180 1,431 413 905 113 14
Point Pleasant 4,219 5 0 2 0 3 83 14 65 4 2
Princeton 5,935 26 0 3 4 19 209 66 133 10 0
Ridgeley 638 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 12 0 0
Ripley 3,243 3 0 0 0 3 24 2 22 0 0
Ronceverte 1,731 3 0 2 0 1 14 1 12 1 0
South Charleston 12,756 73 0 8 5 60 690 64 547 79 1
St. Albans2 10,476 16 0 4 2 10 32 0
Summersville 3,411 6 0 1 0 5 118 2 111 5 0
Vienna 10,409 22 0 3 0 19 352 25 318 9 0
Weirton 18,870 21 0 3 5 13 188 39 134 15 2
Wellsburg 2,634 1 0 0 0 1 33 6 25 2 2
Weston 4,035 3 0 0 0 3 12 0 10 2 0
Wheeling 27,196 332 2 15 31 284 584 153 407 24 1
Williamson 2,883 7 0 3 1 3 31 7 24 0 1
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

Data Declaration

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