Pocahontas County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Pocahontas County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 164 crimes in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. With a population of 8,664, there was 1 crime for every 52.8 people in the county. Out of the 164 crimes reported, 145 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 19 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	11.54
Rape	0	0.00
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	18	207.76
Burglary	37	427.05
Larceny	105	1211.91
Vehicle	3	34.63
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,892.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 16.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,625.5 incidents). There were 219.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -34.5% change (from 327.4 incidents). Property crimes changed 26.1% from (1,298.1) the previous year to 1,673.6 per 100,000 people.

Pocahontas County ranks #35 for violent crimes and #37 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,462 and #1,136 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.

Pocahontas County Criminal Records
Pocahontas County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	327.4
2005	1	11.1	0	0.0	1	11.1	17	188.8
2004	1	11.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	245.3
2003	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	11.1	14	155.6
2002	0	0.0	4	44.0	1	11.0	25	274.8
2001	0	0.0	1	11.0	1	11.0	35	384.7
2000	0	0.0	2	21.9	1	11.0	35	383.3
1999	1	10.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	205.5
1998	0	0.0	2	22.2	0	0.0	17	188.6
1997	1	11.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	88.8
1996	0	0.0	1	11.0	0	0.0	5	55.2
1995	1	11.0	1	11.0	0	0.0	7	77.2
1994	1	11.0	2	22.1	0	0.0	3	33.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	38	428.9	70	790.2	7	79.0	0	0.0
2005	59	655.4	77	855.4	3	33.3	0	0.0
2004	54	602.1	54	602.1	9	100.3	0	0.0
2003	56	622.3	51	566.7	7	77.8	0	0.0
2002	89	978.1	80	879.2	5	55.0	0	0.0
2001	49	538.5	45	494.6	3	33.0	0	0.0
2000	54	591.4	52	569.5	4	43.8	0	0.0
1999	62	670.6	52	562.4	6	64.9	0	0.0
1998	32	355.0	50	554.7	7	77.7	0	0.0
1997	25	277.5	68	754.9	6	66.6	0	0.0
1996	35	386.4	48	529.9	1	11.0	0	0.0
1995	38	419.0	24	264.6	4	44.1	0	0.0
1994	55	606.5	21	231.6	4	44.1	0	0.0

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