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Jackson County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 219 crimes in Jackson County, West Virginia. With a population of 28,370, there was 1 crime for every 129.5 people in the county. Out of the 219 crimes reported, 184 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 35 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	10.57
Rape	6	21.15
Robbery	3	10.57
Assault	23	81.07
Burglary	27	95.17
Larceny	130	458.23
Vehicle	27	95.17
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 771.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -13.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (897.0 incidents). There were 123.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 20.7% change (from 102.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -18.6% from (795.0) the previous year to 648.6 per 100,000 people.

Jackson County ranks #17 for violent crimes and #8 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #808 and #316 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.

Jackson County Criminal Records
Jackson County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	3	10.6	1	3.5	25	87.9
2005	1	3.5	2	7.0	2	7.0	32	112.3
2004	1	3.5	1	3.5	2	7.1	32	112.8
2003	2	7.1	7	24.7	2	7.1	25	88.2
2002	3	10.8	2	7.2	2	7.2	20	71.7
2001	0	0.0	3	10.8	0	0.0	35	125.4
2000	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	7.1	67	239.3
1999	1	3.6	1	3.6	0	0.0	36	129.0
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	14.6	12	43.7
1997	1	3.8	2	7.5	4	15.0	7	26.3
1996	0	0.0	1	3.7	2	7.5	5	18.7
1995	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.7	4	14.9
1994	2	7.6	2	7.6	2	7.6	9	34.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	41	144.2	155	545.2	30	105.5	0	0.0
2005	49	171.9	154	540.3	39	136.8	0	0.0
2004	92	324.4	187	659.3	36	126.9	1	3.5
2003	100	352.9	201	709.3	37	130.6	1	3.5
2002	90	322.6	256	917.6	33	118.3	0	0.0
2001	85	304.7	253	906.8	39	139.8	0	0.0
2000	104	371.4	289	1032.1	40	142.9	0	0.0
1999	72	258.0	159	569.7	30	107.5	0	0.0
1998	46	167.4	168	611.4	33	120.1	0	0.0
1997	33	124.2	191	718.6	34	127.9	0	0.0
1996	82	306.8	208	778.2	28	104.8	0	0.0
1995	88	328.9	269	1005.3	35	130.8	0	0.0
1994	103	391.8	208	791.1	32	121.7	0	0.0

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