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Hancock County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 269 crimes in Hancock County, West Virginia. With a population of 34,196, there was 1 crime for every 127.1 people in the county. Out of the 269 crimes reported, 238 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 31 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	3	8.77
Robbery	6	17.55
Assault	22	64.34
Burglary	50	146.22
Larceny	174	508.83
Vehicle	14	40.94
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 786.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A 19.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (660.2 incidents). There were 90.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 47.6% change (from 59.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 12.8% from (600.4) the previous year to 696.0 per 100,000 people.

Hancock County ranks #8 for violent crimes and #10 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #579 and #345 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.

Hancock County Criminal Records
Hancock County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	2.8	2	5.7	1	2.8	17	48.4
2005	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	17.0	6	17.0
2004	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	11.2	14	39.2
2003	0	0.0	4	11.1	8	22.1	29	80.3
2002	0	0.0	2	5.5	6	16.5	20	54.9
2001	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	16.5	13	35.7
2000	1	2.7	6	16.4	5	13.7	17	46.5
1999	0	0.0	7	18.5	7	18.5	24	63.4
1998	0	0.0	1	2.6	7	18.5	19	50.2
1997	0	0.0	2	5.2	8	21.0	24	63.0
1996	3	7.8	3	7.8	11	28.7	49	127.9
1995	0	0.0	4	10.4	5	13.0	33	86.0
1994	0	0.0	5	12.8	8	20.5	49	125.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	37	105.3	159	452.5	15	42.7	0	0.0
2005	48	135.8	277	783.8	13	36.8	0	0.0
2004	29	81.3	230	644.4	21	58.8	0	0.0
2003	98	271.3	272	753.1	41	113.5	0	0.0
2002	70	192.2	231	634.2	11	30.2	0	0.0
2001	63	173.0	250	686.4	13	35.7	0	0.0
2000	54	147.7	168	459.6	12	32.8	0	0.0
1999	68	179.7	232	613.2	15	39.6	0	0.0
1998	149	393.9	366	967.6	32	84.6	0	0.0
1997	118	309.6	380	997.0	35	91.8	0	0.0
1996	141	367.9	399	1041.1	47	122.6	0	0.0
1995	111	289.3	333	867.9	25	65.2	1	2.6
1994	137	351.8	426	1093.9	58	148.9	1	2.6

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