Kanawha County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Kanawha County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 7,806 crimes in Kanawha County, West Virginia. With a population of 191,088, there was 1 crime for every 24.5 people in the county. Out of the 7,806 crimes reported, 6,866 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 940 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	7	3.66
Rape	40	20.93
Robbery	204	106.76
Assault	689	360.57
Burglary	1,498	783.93
Larceny	4,771	2496.76
Vehicle	589	308.23
Arson	8	4.2

The 2007 crime rate was 4,085.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -9.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,525.0 incidents). There were 491.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 4.8% change (from 461.6 incidents). Property crimes changed -13.0% from (4,063.4) the previous year to 3,593.1 per 100,000 people.

Kanawha County ranks #55 for violent crimes and #53 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,427 and #2,492 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.

Kanawha County Criminal Records
Kanawha County Jails
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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	18	9.3	48	24.7	183	94.2	648	333.5
2005	15	7.7	38	19.4	172	87.8	653	333.2
2004	18	9.2	47	23.9	219	111.5	925	470.7
2003	18	9.1	52	26.4	189	95.8	664	336.6
2002	13	6.5	62	31.0	216	108.1	639	319.7
2001	4	2.0	53	26.5	218	109.1	593	296.7
2000	6	3.0	62	30.9	230	114.7	678	338.0
1999	16	7.9	66	32.7	264	130.6	810	400.8
1998	16	7.9	53	26.0	260	127.6	574	281.7
1997	10	4.8	64	31.0	325	157.6	645	312.8
1996	13	6.3	49	23.6	305	147.2	437	210.9
1995	13	6.3	75	36.2	356	171.7	484	233.4
1994	12	5.7	49	23.3	294	139.9	414	197.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,885	970.0	5,318	2736.7	686	353.0	7	3.6
2005	2,098	1070.7	6,105	3115.5	834	425.6	10	5.1
2004	2,331	1186.3	6,033	3070.2	859	437.2	11	5.6
2003	1,840	932.8	4,310	2185.0	581	294.6	9	4.6
2002	1,791	896.0	5,227	2615.1	885	442.8	10	5.0
2001	1,657	829.0	5,409	2706.1	663	331.7	9	4.5
2000	1,784	889.3	5,689	2836.0	758	377.9	9	4.5
1999	2,144	1060.8	6,031	2984.1	1,004	496.8	12	5.9
1998	2,305	1131.2	6,211	3048.2	1,091	535.4	3	1.5
1997	2,103	1019.8	6,251	3031.1	1,017	493.1	5	2.4
1996	1,866	900.3	6,279	3029.6	883	426.0	5	2.4
1995	1,928	929.7	5,861	2826.1	769	370.8	9	4.3
1994	2,093	996.1	6,158	2930.7	946	450.2	8	3.8

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