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Mcdowell County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 182 crimes in Mcdowell County, West Virginia. With a population of 23,334, there was 1 crime for every 128.2 people in the county. Out of the 182 crimes reported, 156 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 26 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	1	4.29
Robbery	5	21.43
Assault	20	85.71
Burglary	42	179.99
Larceny	98	419.99
Vehicle	16	68.57
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 780.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -45.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,428.3 incidents). There were 111.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -21.2% change (from 135.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -50.3% from (1,292.4) the previous year to 668.6 per 100,000 people.

Mcdowell County ranks #13 for violent crimes and #9 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #743 and #328 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.

Mcdowell County Criminal Records
Mcdowell County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	16.5	29	119.4
2005	1	4.0	0	0.0	4	16.2	53	214.2
2004	1	3.9	3	11.8	2	7.9	24	94.4
2003	3	11.4	3	11.4	5	19.0	63	239.9
2002	0	0.0	1	3.7	8	29.4	37	135.9
2001	0	0.0	1	3.7	2	7.3	43	157.9
2000	2	7.3	1	3.7	8	29.3	81	296.4
1999	1	3.4	1	3.4	5	16.8	75	251.3
1998	6	19.7	2	6.6	0	0.0	22	72.1
1997	1	3.0	0	0.0	3	9.1	23	69.8
1996	2	6.0	1	3.0	5	15.1	23	69.4
1995	8	24.1	4	12.1	5	15.1	22	66.3
1994	3	8.7	2	5.8	2	5.8	33	96.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	102	419.8	192	790.3	18	74.1	2	8.2
2005	95	383.9	191	771.8	35	141.4	1	4.0
2004	83	326.5	187	735.7	15	59.0	0	0.0
2003	143	544.6	251	955.8	46	175.2	0	0.0
2002	132	484.7	229	840.9	24	88.1	0	0.0
2001	125	459.0	187	686.7	21	77.1	0	0.0
2000	147	537.9	192	702.6	32	117.1	0	0.0
1999	104	348.5	169	566.2	30	100.5	0	0.0
1998	52	170.3	124	406.2	7	22.9	0	0.0
1997	48	145.7	96	291.4	15	45.5	0	0.0
1996	37	111.7	112	338.1	19	57.4	2	6.0
1995	51	153.8	83	250.3	17	51.3	0	0.0
1994	72	209.6	99	288.2	34	99.0	0	0.0

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