Area Safety Data

State ranking ยท WV

Safest cities in West Virginia by reported property-crime rate

Compare validated West Virginia city candidates by selected property-offense rate, total offenses, signal, trend, and largest offense category. This is a cautious ranking layer, not a guarantee that one place is safe or unsafe.

Lowest listed rate 0.79 New Martinsville, WV per 1,000 residents
Validated cities23Current WV city pages
Median rate19.15per 1,000 residents
Highest listed rate80.61Beckley, WV
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West Virginia city rankings

Default order is lowest reported selected property-offense rate first. Click column headings to sort by count, rate, signal, trend, or largest category.
1 New Martinsville WV 5,068 4 0.79 81 Increasing Larceny/theft
2 Princeton WV 5,592 15 2.68 84 Mixed Larceny/theft
3 Weirton WV 18,293 60 3.28 81 Increasing Larceny/theft
4 Elkins WV 6,696 30 4.48 85 Trend pending Larceny/theft
5 Bluefield WV 9,191 98 10.66 73 Increasing Larceny/theft
6 Moundsville WV 7,700 91 11.82 87 Decreasing Larceny/theft
7 Oak Hill WV 7,718 94 12.18 75 Increasing Larceny/theft
8 Hurricane WV 6,794 89 13.10 80 Trend pending Larceny/theft
9 Buckhannon WV 5,062 67 13.24 83 Roughly stable Larceny/theft
10 Fairmont WV 18,099 253 13.98 88 Decreasing Larceny/theft
11 Bridgeport WV 9,378 145 15.46 73 Increasing Larceny/theft
12 Dunbar WV 7,103 136 19.15 80 Decreasing Larceny/theft
13 Morgantown WV 30,330 610 20.11 85 Decreasing Larceny/theft
14 Wheeling WV 26,002 536 20.61 73 Mixed Larceny/theft
15 St. Albans WV 10,292 222 21.57 84 Decreasing Larceny/theft
16 Clarksburg WV 15,659 358 22.86 83 Decreasing Larceny/theft
17 Charleston WV 46,431 1,474 31.75 79 Decreasing Larceny/theft
18 Vienna WV 10,380 345 33.24 78 Decreasing Larceny/theft
19 Parkersburg WV 28,795 968 33.62 78 Decreasing Larceny/theft
20 Nitro WV 6,328 241 38.08 61 Increasing Larceny/theft
21 Huntington WV 45,068 1,788 39.67 63 Increasing Larceny/theft
22 South Charleston WV 13,165 736 55.91 54 Increasing Larceny/theft
23 Beckley WV 16,511 1,331 80.61 42 Increasing Larceny/theft

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Ranking Lowest reported property-crime rate cities Compare the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates. Ranking Highest reported property-crime rate cities Compare the highest reported selected property-offense rates per resident among validated city candidates. Ranking Most reported selected property offenses Compare the largest reported selected property-offense counts among validated city candidates. State rankings Rankings by state Compare lowest and highest reported property-crime candidates inside each state.