Mason County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Mason County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 581 crimes in Mason County, West Virginia. With a population of 25,601, there was 1 crime for every 44.1 people in the county. Out of the 581 crimes reported, 557 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 24 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	3	11.72
Robbery	1	3.91
Assault	20	78.12
Burglary	96	374.99
Larceny	395	1542.91
Vehicle	66	257.80
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,269.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 19.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,900.4 incidents). There were 93.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -41.5% change (from 159.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 24.1% from (1,741.4) the previous year to 2,175.7 per 100,000 people.

Mason County ranks #9 for violent crimes and #42 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #607 and #1,624 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.

Mason County Criminal Records
Mason County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	4	15.5	4	15.5	33	128.0
2005	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	11.6	31	119.4
2004	0	0.0	1	3.8	3	11.5	34	130.0
2003	1	3.8	7	26.8	4	15.3	43	164.6
2002	1	3.9	1	3.9	0	0.0	30	116.0
2001	1	3.9	4	15.5	1	3.9	82	317.0
2000	0	0.0	1	3.9	3	11.6	72	277.4
1999	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	68	263.5
1998	2	7.7	1	3.9	2	7.7	66	254.8
1997	1	4.0	3	11.9	1	4.0	21	83.2
1996	2	7.9	1	3.9	0	0.0	21	82.7
1995	2	7.9	0	0.0	1	3.9	20	78.7
1994	1	4.0	0	0.0	1	4.0	8	31.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	99	384.0	295	1144.1	54	209.4	1	3.9
2005	144	554.7	246	947.5	41	157.9	0	0.0
2004	112	428.3	262	1001.9	55	210.3	1	3.8
2003	117	447.8	347	1328.2	67	256.4	0	0.0
2002	67	259.0	249	962.7	31	119.9	0	0.0
2001	108	417.6	244	943.4	49	189.4	0	0.0
2000	80	308.2	330	1271.3	48	184.9	0	0.0
1999	108	418.5	266	1030.6	26	100.7	1	3.9
1998	102	393.8	268	1034.8	33	127.4	0	0.0
1997	65	257.4	224	887.0	24	95.0	0	0.0
1996	78	307.1	220	866.3	31	122.1	0	0.0
1995	87	342.2	214	841.7	27	106.2	0	0.0
1994	98	390.6	210	837.0	34	135.5	0	0.0

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