West Virginia Crime Rates 1960 - 2006
West Virginia Law Enforcement Agency Uniform Crime Reports 1980 to 2005
West Virginia Crime Rates 1960 - 2006
Forcible  Aggravated  Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1960  1,860,421  13,408  1,200  12,208  81  78  238  803  4,358  6,558  1,292 
1961  1,850,000  12,252  1,167  11,085  82  81  216  788  4,396  5,426  1,263 
1962  1,773,000  13,243  1,146  12,097  66  75  273  732  3,837  6,996  1,264 
1963  1,778,000  13,688  1,185  12,503  95  74  260  756  4,023  7,164  1,316 
1964  1,797,000  14,962  1,359  13,603  67  89  303  900  4,818  7,375  1,410 
1965  1,812,000  14,848  1,413  13,435  72  77  261  1,003  4,600  7,577  1,258 
1966  1,794,000  16,801  1,613  15,188  76  91  342  1,104  4,651  9,146  1,391 
1967  1,798,000  18,425  1,744  16,681  83  85  347  1,229  5,365  9,745  1,571 
1968  1,805,000  21,028  1,959  19,069  99  79  460  1,321  6,313  11,096  1,660 
1969  1,819,000  20,096  1,766  18,330  102  93  347  1,224  5,870  10,906  1,554 
1970  1,744,237  24,044  2,158  21,886  109  116  476  1,457  6,777  13,497  1,612 
1971  1,752,000  24,552  2,311  22,241  113  87  620  1,491  6,792  13,507  1,942 
1972  1,781,000  25,584  2,299  23,285  109  146  562  1,482  7,356  13,976  1,953 
1973  1,794,000  26,399  2,219  24,180  103  166  501  1,449  7,459  14,799  1,922 
1974  1,791,000  31,689  2,460  29,229  108  179  631  1,542  9,883  17,074  2,272 
1975  1,803,000  38,004  2,915  35,089  133  168  820  1,794  10,656  22,154  2,279 
1976  1,821,000  42,241  2,761  39,480  122  188  692  1,759  10,437  26,568  2,475 
1977  1,859,000  41,915  2,832  39,083  112  246  784  1,690  11,106  24,942  3,035 
1978  1,860,000  42,224  3,120  39,104  127  273  862  1,858  12,059  23,776  3,269 
1979  1,878,000  43,669  3,156  40,513  128  291  825  1,912  11,959  24,755  3,799 
1980  1,930,787  49,266  3,547  45,719  138  306  936  2,167  14,258  27,606  3,855 
1981  1,951,000  51,091  3,410  47,681  118  289  979  2,024  15,122  28,884  3,675 
1982  1,948,000  48,919  3,405  45,514  102  302  970  2,031  13,985  27,962  3,567 
1983  1,965,000  47,533  3,375  44,158  96  263  869  2,147  13,455  27,134  3,569 
1984  1,952,000  45,596  3,283  42,313  86  305  744  2,148  12,649  26,296  3,368 
1985  1,936,000  43,615  3,214  40,401  73  359  728  2,054  11,972  25,191  3,238 
1986  1,919,000  44,457  3,156  41,301  114  362  787  1,893  11,999  26,055  3,247 
1987  1,897,000  41,558  2,605  38,953  92  429  591  1,493  11,450  24,436  3,067 
1988  1,884,000  42,179  2,476  39,703  93  353  644  1,386  11,510  25,147  3,046 
1989  1,857,000  43,878  2,724  41,154  121  347  793  1,463  11,635  26,608  2,911 
1990  1,793,477  44,891  3,036  41,855  102  423  680  1,831  11,785  27,310  2,760 
1991  1,801,000  47,968  3,440  44,528  111  415  779  2,135  12,009  29,369  3,150 
1992  1,812,000  47,288 3,833  43,455  115  393  788  2,537  11,287  29,200  2,968 
1993  1,820,000  46,093  3,793  42,300  126  365  782  2,520  10,904  28,456  2,940 
1994  1,822,000  46,067  3,931  42,136  99  370  772  2,690  10,673  28,189  3,274 
1995  1,828,000  44,935  3,842  41,093  89  388  781  2,584  10,329  27,724  3,040 
1996  1,826,000  45,346  3,836  41,510  69  358  737  2,672  9,979  28,300  3,231 
1997  1,816,000  44,839  3,971  40,868  75  355  782  2,759  10,647  26,934  3,287 
1998  1,811,000  46,130  4,503  41,627  78  339  676  3,410  11,110  27,127  3,390 
1999  1,806,928  49,161  6,336  42,825 79  337  661  5,259  10,303  28,760  3,762 
2000  1,808,344  47,067  5,723  41,344  46  331 749  4,597  9,890  28,139  3,315 
2001 1,800,975 46,120  5,035  41,085  40  320  707  3,968  9,601  28,268 3,216 
2002  1,804,884  45,320  4,221  41,099  57  328  657  3,179  9,677 27,524  3,898 
2003 1,811,440  46,997  4,627  42,370  73  311  701  3,542  10,498  28,409  3,463 
2004  1,812,548  48,421  5,110  46,326 68  346  774  3,922  10,994  31,566  3,766 
2005  1,814,083  51,723  4,968  47,757  82  335 816  3,735  11,334  32,603  3,820 
2006  1,818,470  52,759  5,087  47,672  75  389 853  3,770  11,531  32,220  3,921 
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West Virginia Crime Index Rates Per 100,000 Inhabitants
Forcible  Aggravated  Larceny-  Vehicle 
Year  Population  Index  Violent  Property  Murder  Rape  Robbery  assault  Burglary  Theft  Theft 
1960  1,860,421  720.7  64.5  656.2  4.4  4.2  12.8  43.2  234.2  352.5  69.4 
1961  1,850,000  662.3  63.1  599.2  4.4  4.4  11.7  42.6  237.6  293.3  68.3 
1962  1,773,000  746.9  64.6  682.3  3.7  4.2  15.4  41.3  216.4  394.6  71.3 
1963  1,778,000  769.9  66.6  703.2  5.3  4.2  14.6  42.5  226.3  402.9  74.0 
1964 1,797,000  832.6  75.6  757.0  3.7  5.0  16.9  50.1  268.1  410.4  78.5 
1965  1,812,000  819.4  78.0  741.4  4.0  4.2  14.4  55.4  253.9  418.2  69.4 
1966  1,794,000  936.5  89.9  846.6  4.2  5.1  19.1  61.5  259.3  509.8  77.5 
1967  1,798,000  1,024.7  97.0  927.8  4.6  4.7  19.3  68.4  298.4  542.0  87.4 
1968  1,805,000  1,165.0  108.5  1,056.5  5.5  4.4  25.5  73.2  349.8  614.7  92.0 
1969  1,819,000  1,104.8  97.1  1,007.7  5.6  5.1  19.1  67.3  322.7  599.6  85.4 
1970  1,744,237  1,378.5  123.7  1,254.8  6.2  6.7  27.3  83.5  388.5  773.8  92.4 
1971  1,752,000  1,401.4  131.9  1,269.5  6.4  5.0  35.4  85.1  387.7  770.9  110.8 
1972  1,781,000  1,436.5  129.1  1,307.4  6.1  8.2  31.6  83.2  413.0  784.7  109.7 
1973  1,794,000  1,471.5  123.7  1,347.8  5.7  9.3  27.9  80.8  415.8  824.9  107.1 
1974  1,791,000  1,769.3  137.4  1,632.0  6.0  10.0  35.2  86.1  551.8  953.3  126.9 
1975  1,803,000  2,107.8  161.7  1,946.1  7.4  9.3  45.5  99.5  591.0  1,228.7  126.4 
1976  1,821,000  2,319.7  151.6  2,168.0  6.7  10.3  38.0  96.6  573.1  1,459.0  135.9 
1977  1,859,000  2,254.7  152.3  2,102.4  6.0  13.2  42.2  90.9  597.4  1,341.7  163.3 
1978  1,860,000  2,270.1  167.7  2,102.4  6.8  14.7  46.3  99.9  648.3  1,278.3  175.8 
1979  1,878,000  2,325.3  168.1  2,157.2  6.8  15.5  43.9  101.8  636.8  1,318.2  202.3 
1980  1,930,787  2,551.6  183.7  2,367.9  7.1  15.8  48.5  112.2  738.5  1,429.8  199.7 
1981  1,951,000  2,618.7  174.8  2,443.9  6.0  14.8  50.2  103.7  775.1  1,480.5  188.4 
1982  1,948,000  2,511.2  174.8  2,336.4  5.2  15.5  49.8  104.3  717.9  1,435.4  183.1 
1983  1,965,000  2,419.0  171.8  2,247.2  4.9  13.4  44.2  109.3  684.7  1,380.9  181.6 
1984  1,952,000  2,335.9  168.2  2,167.7  4.4  15.6  38.1  110.0  648.0  1,347.1  172.5 
1985  1,936,000  2,252.8  166.0  2,086.8  3.8  18.5  37.6  106.1  618.4  1,301.2  167.3 
1986  1,919,000  2,316.7  164.5  2,152.2  5.9  18.9  41.0  98.6  625.3  1,357.7  169.2 
1987  1,897,000  2,190.7  137.3  2,053.4  4.8  22.6  31.2  78.7  603.6  1,288.1  161.7 
1988  1,884,000  2,238.8  131.4  2,107.4  4.9  18.7  34.2  73.6  610.9  1,334.8  161.7 
1989  1,857,000  2,362.8  146.7  2,216.2  6.5  18.7  42.7  78.8  626.5  1,432.8  156.8 
1990  1,793,477  2,503.0  169.3  2,333.7  5.7  23.6  37.9  102.1  657.1  1,522.7  153.9 
1991  1,801,000  2,663.4  191.0  2,472.4  6.2  23.0  43.3  118.5  666.8  1,630.7  174.9 
1992  1,812,000  2,609.7  211.5  2,398.2  6.3  21.7  43.5  140.0  622.9  1,611.5  163.8 
1993  1,820,000  2,532.6  208.4  2,324.2  6.9  20.1  43.0  138.5  599.1  1,563.5  161.5 
1994  1,822,000  2,528.4  215.8  2,312.6  5.4  20.3  42.4  147.6  585.8  1,547.1  179.7 
1995  1,828,000  2,458.2  210.2  2,248.0  4.9  21.2  42.7  141.4  565.0  1,516.6  166.3 
1996  1,826,000  2,483.4  210.1  2,273.3  3.8  19.6  40.4  146.3  546.5  1,549.8  176.9 
1997  1,816,000  2,469.1  218.7  2,250.4  4.1  19.5  43.1  151.9  586.3  1,483.1  181.0 
1998  1,811,000  2,547.2  248.6  2,298.6  4.3  18.7  37.3  188.3  613.5  1,497.9  187.2 
1999  1,806,928  2,720.7  350.7  2,370.0  4.4  18.7 36.6  291.0 570.2  1,591.7  208.2 
2000  1,808,344  2,602.8  316.5  2,286.3  2.5 18.3  41.4  254.2 546.9  1,556.1  183.3 
2001  1,800,975  2,560.8  279.6  2,281.3  2.2  17.8 39.3  220.3  533.1  1,569.6  178.6 
2002  1,804,884  2,511.0  233.9  2,277.1  3.2  18.2  36.4  176.1  536.2  1,525.0  216.0
2003  1,811,440  2,594.4  255.4  2,339.0  4.0  17.2  38.7  195.5  579.5  1,568.3  191.2 
2004  1,812,548  2,828.6  272.8  2,555.8  3.8  19.1 42.7  216.4 606.5 1,741.5  207.8 
2005  1,814,083  2,905.5  273.9  2,632.6  4.5 18.5  45.0  205.9 624.8  1,797.2  210.6 
2006  1,818,470  2,901.2  279.7  2,621.5  4.1 21.4  46.9  207.3 634.1  1,771.8  215.6 
West Virginia Law Enforcement Agency Uniform Crime Reports 1980 to 2005
US States Crime 2004 -2006 Crimes per 100,000 and Ranking
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In the year 2000 West Virginia had an estimated population of 1,808,344 which ranked the state 37th in population. For that year the State of West Virginia had a total Crime Index of 2,602.8 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 47th highest total Crime Index. For Violent Crime West Virginia had a reported incident rate of 316.5 per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 34th highest occurrence for Violent Crime among the states. For crimes against Property, the state had a reported incident rate of 2,286.3 per 100,000 people, which ranked as the state 47th highest. Also in the year 2000 West Virginia had 2.5 Murders per 100,000 people, ranking the state as having the 38th highest rate for Murder. West Virginia’s 18.3 reported Forced Rapes per 100,000 people, ranked the state 49th highest. For Robbery, per 100,000 people, West Virginia’s rate was 41.4 which ranked the state as having the 41st highest for Robbery. The state also had 254.2 Aggravated Assaults for every 100,000 people, which indexed the state as having the 24th highest position for this crime among the states. For every 100,000 people there were 546.9 Burglaries, which ranks West Virginia as having the 36th highest standing among the states. Larceny - Theft were reported 1,556.1 times per hundred thousand people in West Virginia which standing is the 50th highest among the states. Vehicle Theft occurred 183.3 times per 100,000 people, which fixed the state as having the 43rd highest for vehicle theft among the states.
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