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Table 8

WEST VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2012

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Alderson 1,193 0 0 0 0 0 30 5 25 0 0
Barboursville 3,976 2 0 0 1 1 370 32 338 0 1
Beckley 17,675 189 6 21 55 107 1,588 335 1,221 32 6
Belington 1,914 4 0 0 0 4 11 2 9 0 0
Benwood 1,406 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Bridgeport 8,200 7 0 1 2 4 221 20 200 1 1
Capon Bridge 351 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chapmanville 1,222 3 0 0 0 3 50 5 44 1 0
Clarksburg 16,649 112 1 10 10 91 665 110 532 23 3
Clearview 562 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dunbar 7,876 38 0 5 7 26 238 70 155 13 1
East Bank 955 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 0
Eleanor 1,533 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Elkins 7,108 64 0 5 3 56 283 70 210 3 4
Glasgow 901 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 5 0 0
Glen Dale 1,511 8 0 1 0 7 26 8 17 1 1
Glenville 1,538 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 15 0 0
Hamlin 1,134 16 0 0 0 16 26 1 24 1 0
Harpers Ferry/Bolivar 1,350 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 0
Harrisville 1,850 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
Hinton 2,664 13 0 0 4 9 165 50 115 0 0
Hurricane1 6,333 11 1 2 1 7 31 5 0
Kenova 3,188 10 0 0 1 9 171 38 127 6 1
Keyser 5,421 8 0 0 1 7 113 26 87 0 0
Kingwood 2,958 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewisburg 3,859 8 0 2 0 6 160 6 147 7 0
Lumberport 884 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Martinsburg 17,487 89 0 3 33 53 886 127 732 27 7
Mason 966 2 0 0 1 1 10 3 7 0 0
Matoaka 224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milton 2,422 1 0 0 1 0 35 2 32 1 0
Monongah 1,050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moorefield 2,523 21 0 0 0 21 21 4 16 1 1
Morgantown 30,294 107 1 4 26 76 823 175 632 16 9
Mount Hope 1,400 2 0 0 1 1 29 11 17 1 0
New Cumberland 1,100 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nitro 7,163 10 0 1 4 5 269 42 215 12 0
Nutter Fort 1,602 1 0 0 0 1 12 3 7 2 0
Oak Hill 7,672 9 0 1 0 8 196 53 137 6 0
Oceana 1,372 40 0 1 2 37 106 16 88 2 0
Paden City 2,601 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Parkersburg 31,558 146 1 17 22 106 1,698 433 1,199 66 25
Parsons 1,452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pennsboro 1,161 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Philippi 2,955 33 0 0 0 33 22 12 10 0 0
Point Pleasant 4,343 7 1 1 0 5 143 32 104 7 0
Princeton 6,453 74 3 1 16 54 452 114 334 4 1
Ravenswood 3,876 9 0 0 2 7 70 9 59 2 0
Reedsville 597 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ridgeley 675 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ripley 3,255 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 10 0 0
Romney 1,837 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0
Ronceverte 1,781 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 8 1 0
Shepherdstown 1,749 1 0 0 1 0 15 2 13 0 0
Shinnston 2,213 7 0 0 0 7 44 10 34 0 1
Sistersville 1,383 0 0 0 0 0 20 4 16 0 0
Sophia 1,348 6 0 1 1 4 71 22 46 3 0
South Charleston 13,396 74 0 3 15 56 492 66 411 15 1
Spencer 2,311 1 0 0 0 1 71 13 58 0 0
St. Albans 11,001 24 0 0 9 15 459 81 354 24 1
Stonewood 1,814 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Summersville 3,576 42 0 0 0 42 122 9 108 5 2
Terra Alta 1,487 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0
Triadelphia 804 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Vienna 10,770 13 0 1 3 9 294 19 271 4 0
Wayne 1,425 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 8 0 0
Weirton 19,652 17 0 2 2 13 308 61 231 16 1
Welch 2,366 20 0 0 1 19 21 0 21 0 0
Wellsburg 2,778 1 0 0 0 1 37 7 28 2 0
Weston 4,107 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 7 0 0
West Union 821 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 0
Wheeling 28,356 245 0 17 42 186 767 265 455 47 1
White Sulphur Springs 2,464 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Williamson 3,164 9 0 0 2 7 49 17 30 2 0
Winfield 2,322 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 10 0 0
  • 1 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

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