West Virginia Crime Statistics

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West Virginia Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 1,816,856, West Virginia had a total crime index of 52,653 or 1 crime for every 148.45 people.

Of which 9.41% (4,957) were of a violent nature while 90.59% (47,696) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	80
Forced Rape	321
Robbery	811
Aggravated Assault	3,745

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	11,216
Larceny & Theft	28,139
Vehicle Theft	3,816

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#11
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#12

*States are ranked from #1 (best) to #51 (worst) for each of the 50 states, including District of Columbia.

Year	Population	Crimes (total)	Violent Crimes (total)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crimes (total)	Burglary	Theft (larceny)	Theft (vehicle)
2004	1,812,548	48,421	5,110	68	346	774	3,922	46,326	10,994	31,566	3,766
2003	1,811,440	46,997	4,627	73	311	701	3,542	42,370	10,498	28,409	3,463
2002	1,804,884	45,320	4,221	57	328	657	3,179	41,099	9,677	27,524	3,898
2001	1,800,975	46,120	5,035	40	320	707	3,968	41,085	9,601	28,268	3,216
2000	1,808,344	47,067	5,723	46	331	749	4,597	41,344	9,890	28,139	3,315
1999	1,806,928	49,161	6,336	79	337	661	5,259	42,825	10,303	28,760	3,762
1998	1,811,000	46,130	4,503	78	339	676	3,410	41,627	11,110	27,127	3,390
1997	1,816,000	44,839	3,971	75	355	782	2,759	40,868	10,647	26,934	3,287
1996	1,826,000	45,346	3,836	69	358	737	2,672	41,510	9,979	28,300	3,231
1995	1,828,000	44,935	3,842	89	388	781	2,584	41,093	10,329	27,724	3,040
1994	1,822,000	46,067	3,931	99	370	772	2,690	42,136	10,673	28,189	3,274
1993	1,820,000	46,093	3,793	126	365	782	2,520	42,300	10,904	28,456	2,940
1992	1,812,000	47,288	3,833	115	393	788	2,537	43,455	11,287	29,200	2,968
1991	1,801,000	47,968	3,440	111	415	779	2,135	44,528	12,009	29,369	3,150
1990	1,793,477	44,891	3,036	102	423	680	1,831	41,855	11,785	27,310	2,760