Clay County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Clay County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 100 crimes in Clay County, West Virginia. With a population of 10,195, there was 1 crime for every 102.0 people in the county. Out of the 100 crimes reported, 91 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 9 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	2	19.62
Robbery	1	9.81
Assault	6	58.85
Burglary	30	294.26
Larceny	49	480.63
Vehicle	12	117.70
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 980.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 1.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (964.8 incidents). There were 88.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -30.8% change (from 125.4 incidents). Property crimes changed 4.6% from (839.4) the previous year to 892.6 per 100,000 people.

Clay County ranks #7 for violent crimes and #14 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #560 and #467 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.

Clay County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	125.4
2005	2	19.2	1	9.6	1	9.6	7	67.1
2004	1	9.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	221.6
2003	1	9.6	0	0.0	1	9.6	10	96.1
2002	1	9.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	87.4
2001	0	0.0	1	9.7	1	9.7	17	165.2
2000	0	0.0	3	29.0	1	9.7	34	329.1
1999	1	9.5	2	19.0	0	0.0	36	342.7
1998	2	19.1	4	38.2	1	9.5	31	295.7
1997	0	0.0	3	29.5	5	49.1	18	176.9
1996	2	19.6	3	29.3	1	9.8	19	185.7
1995	0	0.0	3	29.3	0	0.0	6	58.6
1994	0	0.0	2	19.8	4	39.6	13	128.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	28	270.1	45	434.2	14	135.1	0	0.0
2005	34	325.9	42	402.6	7	67.1	0	0.0
2004	52	500.9	48	462.4	17	163.8	0	0.0
2003	27	259.5	26	249.9	15	144.1	0	0.0
2002	37	359.5	38	369.2	15	145.7	0	0.0
2001	31	301.2	30	291.5	9	87.4	0	0.0
2000	39	377.5	26	251.7	9	87.1	0	0.0
1999	19	180.9	49	466.4	17	161.8	0	0.0
1998	40	381.5	45	429.2	14	133.5	0	0.0
1997	69	678.3	38	373.5	30	294.9	0	0.0
1996	49	479.0	38	371.5	12	117.3	0	0.0
1995	39	380.8	33	322.2	12	117.2	0	0.0
1994	39	385.9	41	405.7	5	49.5	0	0.0

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