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Table 8

WEST VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2014

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 1,179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barboursville 4,119 2 0 0 0 2 380 9 369 2 0
Beckley 17,595 186 0 19 37 130 1,268 280 947 41 4
Beech Bottom 512 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Benwood 1,375 1 0 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 0
Bethlehem 2,448 3 0 0 1 2 13 2 11 0 0
Bluefield 10,476 75 2 5 6 62 219 50 151 18 2
Bridgeport 8,431 13 0 2 1 10 267 16 246 5 0
Buckhannon 5,695 4 0 0 1 3 167 22 145 0 0
Chapmanville 1,262 3 0 0 0 3 52 4 45 3 0
Charleston 50,693 622 9 48 119 446 3,326 688 2,497 141 25
Chester 2,542 2 0 1 1 0 16 5 11 0 0
Dunbar 7,821 13 0 2 4 7 188 53 130 5 2
Eleanor 1,578 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Fairmont 18,835 31 0 7 9 15 271 99 161 11 5
Glasgow 891 0 0 0 0 0 25 6 17 2 0
Glen Dale 1,484 2 0 0 0 2 13 2 9 2 0
Glenville 1,548 2 0 0 0 2 5 2 3 0 0
Grafton 5,189 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 7 0 0
Granville 2,508 15 0 0 0 15 144 9 131 4 0
Hamlin 1,133 7 0 0 2 5 11 5 6 0 0
Harrisville 1,786 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0
Kenova 3,103 6 0 2 1 3 112 8 100 4 0
Kingwood 2,969 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lewisburg 3,985 11 0 2 0 9 74 2 71 1 0
Marmet 1,475 0 0 0 0 0 26 9 13 4 0
Mason 950 1 0 0 0 1 17 4 13 0 0
Matoaka 221 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milton 2,542 3 0 1 0 2 73 10 57 6 1
Moorefield 2,500 21 0 0 0 21 35 1 32 2 0
Morgantown 31,103 81 2 11 25 43 794 161 608 25 4
Mount Hope 1,385 4 0 0 1 3 15 6 9 0 0
Nitro 7,139 10 0 2 3 5 305 57 241 7 0
Oak Hill 8,261 18 1 3 7 7 273 46 214 13 1
Oceana 1,341 56 0 0 1 55 119 22 95 2 0
Parkersburg3 31,139 88 1 14 6 67 259 53 13
Parsons 1,421 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Point Pleasant 4,306 9 0 0 5 4 119 23 93 3 0
Princeton 6,442 49 2 2 4 41 225 60 159 6 4
Reedsville 605 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Ripley 3,256 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 0
Romney 1,784 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
Ronceverte 1,766 6 0 1 0 5 32 3 29 0 0
Sistersville 1,351 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 0
South Charleston 13,435 113 0 4 12 97 842 106 709 27 5
St. Albans 10,928 46 2 6 8 30 435 55 360 20 3
Summersville 3,532 16 0 0 0 16 149 2 145 2 0
Vienna 10,603 4 0 0 0 4 207 25 181 1 1
Weirton 19,476 18 0 1 7 10 279 49 219 11 0
Wellsburg 2,743 1 0 0 0 1 22 9 11 2 0
West Liberty 1,741 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weston 4,106 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0
West Union 836 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wheeling 27,890 217 0 12 16 189 705 165 501 39 4
White Hall 666 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 1 0
White Sulphur Springs 2,469 9 0 1 0 8 3 1 2 0 0
Williamson 3,066 15 0 3 0 12 46 10 36 0 1
Williamstown 2,935 3 0 1 0 2 13 2 10 1 0
Winfield 2,331 1 0 0 0 1 26 1 23 2 0
  • 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 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 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

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