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Lincoln County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 376 crimes in Lincoln County, West Virginia. With a population of 22,281, there was 1 crime for every 59.3 people in the county. Out of the 376 crimes reported, 305 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 71 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	4.49
Rape	9	40.39
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	61	273.78
Burglary	95	426.37
Larceny	173	776.45
Vehicle	37	166.06
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,687.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -24.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,232.7 incidents). There were 318.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 39.2% change (from 227.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -32.1% from (2,005.0) the previous year to 1,368.9 per 100,000 people.

Lincoln County ranks #48 for violent crimes and #31 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,959 and #861 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.

Lincoln County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	5	22.3	4	17.9	42	187.6
2005	0	0.0	4	17.7	4	17.7	38	168.3
2004	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	17.9	37	165.8
2003	0	0.0	2	8.9	4	17.9	51	228.1
2002	2	9.1	7	31.8	4	18.2	31	140.7
2001	0	0.0	5	22.7	1	4.5	102	463.0
2000	1	4.5	2	9.0	1	4.5	158	714.7
1999	2	9.0	4	18.1	1	4.5	59	266.5
1998	0	0.0	1	4.5	2	9.0	24	108.3
1997	2	9.2	5	22.9	0	0.0	31	142.0
1996	2	9.1	12	54.7	1	4.6	18	82.0
1995	0	0.0	10	45.5	1	4.6	36	163.8
1994	4	18.3	12	54.9	3	13.7	43	196.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	106	473.3	282	1259.3	61	272.4	0	0.0
2005	127	562.4	294	1301.9	70	310.0	0	0.0
2004	172	770.9	268	1201.1	82	367.5	0	0.0
2003	133	594.8	229	1024.1	67	299.6	0	0.0
2002	78	354.1	185	839.8	51	231.5	0	0.0
2001	88	399.5	137	621.9	55	249.7	0	0.0
2000	168	759.9	217	981.5	75	339.2	0	0.0
1999	46	207.8	62	280.0	21	94.9	0	0.0
1998	100	451.3	149	672.4	57	257.2	0	0.0
1997	84	384.8	100	458.1	38	174.1	0	0.0
1996	73	332.6	105	478.4	41	186.8	0	0.0
1995	127	578.0	97	441.5	40	182.0	0	0.0
1994	104	476.2	114	522.0	39	178.6	0	0.0

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