Nicholas County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Nicholas County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 679 crimes in Nicholas County, West Virginia. With a population of 26,302, there was 1 crime for every 38.7 people in the county. Out of the 679 crimes reported, 613 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 66 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	13	49.43
Robbery	4	15.21
Assault	49	186.30
Burglary	126	479.05
Larceny	438	1665.27
Vehicle	49	186.30
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,581.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,669.1 incidents). There were 250.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 50.0% change (from 166.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -7.5% from (2,503.0) the previous year to 2,330.6 per 100,000 people.

Nicholas County ranks #39 for violent crimes and #43 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,648 and #1,758 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.

Nicholas County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	5	18.9	2	7.6	37	139.7
2005	0	0.0	8	30.4	2	7.6	57	216.7
2004	0	0.0	5	19.0	4	15.2	35	133.0
2003	2	7.5	7	26.4	1	3.8	38	143.2
2002	5	18.9	8	30.2	7	26.4	62	234.3
2001	0	0.0	5	18.9	0	0.0	62	234.2
2000	2	7.5	1	3.8	1	3.8	81	304.9
1999	0	0.0	9	32.7	2	7.3	63	228.8
1998	1	3.6	17	61.8	0	0.0	43	156.3
1997	1	3.7	8	29.3	1	3.7	45	164.9
1996	0	0.0	6	21.9	2	7.3	25	91.1
1995	1	3.6	15	54.6	3	10.9	16	58.3
1994	1	3.7	7	25.8	5	18.4	21	77.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	124	468.1	472	1781.9	67	252.9	0	0.0
2005	147	559.0	571	2171.3	45	171.1	0	0.0
2004	126	478.8	467	1774.7	57	216.6	0	0.0
2003	143	539.1	362	1364.6	52	196.0	0	0.0
2002	168	634.8	443	1673.8	53	200.2	0	0.0
2001	117	442.0	454	1715.3	60	226.7	0	0.0
2000	128	481.9	434	1633.9	35	131.8	0	0.0
1999	102	370.5	352	1278.6	31	112.6	0	0.0
1998	121	439.9	339	1232.5	34	123.6	0	0.0
1997	160	586.4	307	1125.2	35	128.3	0	0.0
1996	142	517.6	317	1155.5	35	127.6	0	0.0
1995	113	411.4	251	913.9	41	149.3	0	0.0
1994	101	371.5	273	1004.3	37	136.1	0	0.0

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