Braxton County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Braxton County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 162 crimes in Braxton County, West Virginia. With a population of 14,752, there was 1 crime for every 91.1 people in the county. Out of the 162 crimes reported, 122 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 40 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	4	27.11
Robbery	1	6.78
Assault	35	237.26
Burglary	25	169.47
Larceny	85	576.19
Vehicle	12	81.34
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,098.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -31.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,594.5 incidents). There were 271.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.1% change (from 296.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -36.8% from (1,298.4) the previous year to 827.0 per 100,000 people.

Braxton County ranks #42 for violent crimes and #12 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,763 and #420 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

Braxton County Criminal Records
Braxton County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	3	20.2	0	0.0	41	275.8
2005	1	6.7	3	20.1	2	13.4	18	120.3
2004	0	0.0	3	20.3	1	6.8	20	135.0
2003	0	0.0	2	13.4	4	26.9	21	141.2
2002	0	0.0	5	34.1	3	20.5	27	184.3
2001	0	0.0	3	20.5	0	0.0	33	225.3
2000	0	0.0	1	6.8	2	13.6	47	319.7
1999	0	0.0	2	15.2	0	0.0	39	296.5
1998	1	7.5	1	7.5	3	22.6	4	30.2
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	45.7
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	7.6	13	98.5
1995	0	0.0	5	37.8	1	7.6	4	30.3
1994	1	7.6	8	60.7	5	37.9	11	83.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	36	242.2	132	888.1	25	168.2	0	0.0
2005	31	207.2	152	1015.9	23	153.7	0	0.0
2004	44	297.1	125	843.9	16	108.0	0	0.0
2003	51	343.0	158	1062.5	30	201.7	0	0.0
2002	49	334.5	118	805.5	21	143.4	0	0.0
2001	44	300.3	112	764.5	19	129.7	0	0.0
2000	51	346.9	121	823.0	19	129.2	0	0.0
1999	66	501.7	103	783.0	18	136.8	0	0.0
1998	24	181.0	75	565.5	33	248.8	0	0.0
1997	59	449.6	58	442.0	13	99.1	0	0.0
1996	38	288.0	63	477.4	9	68.2	0	0.0
1995	54	408.7	73	552.5	12	90.8	0	0.0
1994	45	341.4	77	584.2	8	60.7	0	0.0

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population