Table 8

WEST VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2007
City Population Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Forcible
rape
Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson1
Anawalt 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ansted 1,597 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0
Barboursville 3,276 7 0 0 1 6 419 36 378 5 0
Bayard 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beckley 16,774 151 1 0 29 121 1,235 202 961 72 13
Belington 1,831 1 0 0 0 1 9 2 6 1 0
Benwood 1,463 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0
Bethany 977 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bethlehem 2,506 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 0
Bluefield 11,000 43 1 4 12 26 305 101 175 29 6
Bridgeport 7,806 13 0 1 2 10 193 27 164 2 2
Buckhannon 5,551 18 0 3 1 14 88 8 72 8 0
Cameron 1,110 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Capon Bridge 250 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0
Ceredo 1,607 4 0 0 1 3 49 13 33 3 0
Chapmanville 1,132 4 0 0 1 3 39 4 34 1 0
Charleston 50,510 572 4 14 131 423 3,051 601 2,235 215 33
Charles Town 4,013 9 0 0 2 7 101 19 77 5 1
Clarksburg 16,420 89 0 9 7 73 767 144 585 38 10
Clearview 558 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dunbar 7,612 19 0 6 5 8 181 38 115 28 2
Elkins 7,050 20 1 2 2 15 210 38 170 2 2
Follansbee 2,893 3 0 0 1 2 26 9 15 2 2
Glen Dale 1,443 0 0 0 0 0 36 16 18 2 1
Glenville 1,470 1 0 0 0 1 20 4 15 1 0
Grafton 5,372 5 0 0 0 5 30 6 22 2 0
Harpers Ferry/Bolivar 1,413 2 0 0 1 1 19 1 18 0 1
Hartford City 515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henderson 311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hinton 2,622 10 0 0 2 8 48 14 31 3 0
Huntington 48,669 367 3 47 181 136 3,626 1,268 2,061 297 27
Hurricane 6,179 8 0 3 1 4 194 27 156 11 1
Kenova 3,325 10 0 0 2 8 159 22 125 12 1
Kermit 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keyser 5,331 13 0 4 4 5 151 29 115 7 0
Lewisburg 3,554 1 0 0 0 1 14 1 12 1 0
Logan 1,525 39 0 1 7 31 280 37 239 4 6
Mannington 2,080 2 0 0 0 2 6 5 1 0 0
Marlinton 1,241 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mason 1,044 1 0 0 0 1 11 5 5 1 0
Masontown 656 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matoaka 302 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Monongah 911 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Montgomery 1,925 1 0 0 0 1 48 10 33 5 1
Moorefield 2,432 16 0 1 0 15 46 9 31 6 0
Morgantown 28,951 99 1 27 29 42 1,025 248 745 32 3
Moundsville 9,385 17 0 4 3 10 224 55 156 13 9
New Cumberland 1,021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northfork 437 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nutter Fort 1,640 2 0 0 1 1 37 8 27 2 1
Oceana 1,445 10 0 0 0 10 119 13 103 3 0
Paden City 2,659 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0
Parkersburg 31,562 68 1 11 18 38 1,468 286 1,077 105 17
Piedmont 925 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Point Pleasant 4,459 6 0 0 1 5 210 37 159 14 1
Princeton 6,178 62 1 1 9 51 522 91 406 25 4
Ranson 4,067 13 0 0 4 9 36 1 32 3 0
Ravenswood 3,992 1 0 0 0 1 17 7 10 0 0
Reedsville 534 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0
Ridgeley 690 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ripley 3,272 13 1 3 1 8 55 3 49 3 1
Rivesville 915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ronceverte 1,523 4 0 1 0 3 31 16 14 1 0
Shinnston 2,238 2 0 0 0 2 31 4 27 0 0
South Charleston 12,468 55 0 2 20 33 639 81 517 41 7
Spencer 2,242 8 0 2 1 5 93 37 52 4 0
St. Albans 10,999 37 2 0 6 29 427 106 279 42 4
Summersville 3,366 5 0 0 1 4 82 11 65 6 0
Triadelphia 816 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vienna 10,667 16 0 3 3 10 291 28 257 6 0
Wardensville 246 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Weirton 19,095 23 0 0 4 19 215 43 161 11 0
Welch 2,283 5 0 0 2 3 59 13 45 1 0
West Logan 394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Milford 651 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weston 4,215 1 0 0 0 1 23 1 21 1 0
Wheeling 29,057 134 1 15 35 83 981 216 693 72 4
White Sulphur Springs 2,323 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Williamson 3,128 5 0 0 1 4 59 15 40 4 0
Williamstown 2,975 1 0 0 0 1 44 5 37 2 0

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