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Table 8

WEST VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2018

City Population Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Alderson 1,151 3 0 0 0 3 32 5 25 2 0
Barboursville 4,256 3 0 1 2 0 208 11 193 4 0
Beckley 16,234 147 3 24 11 109 836 136 669 31 2
Bluefield 9,789 92 0 3 1 88 103 32 66 5 1
Bridgeport 8,708 9 0 1 2 6 204 7 192 5 0
Buckhannon 5,516 4 0 2 0 2 176 7 165 4 0
Ceredo 1,339 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 0
Charleston 47,470 331 10 50 48 223 2,853 660 1,947 246 25
Charles Town 6,060 10 0 2 2 6 37 13 22 2 0
Dunbar 7,262 44 1 3 0 40 299 67 190 42 2
Fairmont 18,430 63 2 11 9 41 261 48 182 31 8
Glen Dale 1,398 6 0 0 0 6 5 3 2 0 0
Hinton 2,417 1 0 0 1 0 38 14 20 4 1
Kenova 2,979 6 0 4 2 0 38 5 28 5 0
Lewisburg 3,917 3 0 0 0 3 93 0 93 0 0
Madison 2,764 0 0 0 0 0 48 19 25 4 1
Marmet 1,397 2 0 0 0 2 23 4 18 1 0
Martinsburg 17,428 55 0 10 6 39 540 69 456 15 3
Mason 941 0 0 0 0 0 83 2 79 2 1
Moorefield 2,417 20 0 1 0 19 69 2 66 1 0
Morgantown 30,855 82 0 11 6 65 500 85 386 29 4
Moundsville 8,417 17 0 4 1 12 212 31 173 8 2
Mount Hope 1,297 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 8 0 0
Nitro 6,509 25 0 3 0 22 259 25 218 16 1
Oak Hill 8,264 13 1 1 1 10 147 40 97 10 0
Point Pleasant 4,126 4 0 3 0 1 61 7 45 9 0
Ranson 5,292 15 1 1 1 12 27 2 22 3 1
Ravenswood 3,720 16 0 0 1 15 34 6 26 2 0
Shepherdstown 1,757 2 0 0 0 2 6 2 4 0 0
South Charleston 12,357 47 0 10 4 33 577 52 503 22 4
St. Albans 10,161 19 0 4 4 11 187 41 126 20 0
Summersville 3,332 4 0 0 0 4 78 3 73 2 0
Vienna 10,306 23 0 4 0 19 351 17 329 5 1
Weirton 18,542 9 0 2 0 7 166 21 137 8 4
Wellsburg 2,560 1 0 0 1 0 22 2 17 3 1
Weston 3,953 11 0 0 0 11 6 1 2 3 0
Wheeling 26,855 229 1 16 12 200 321 81 219 21 1
Williamson 2,745 16 0 0 1 15 34 8 24 2 0
  • 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.

Data Declaration

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