Preston County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Preston County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 209 crimes in Preston County, West Virginia. With a population of 30,394, there was 1 crime for every 145.4 people in the county. Out of the 209 crimes reported, 184 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 25 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	6.58
Rape	4	13.16
Robbery	1	3.29
Assault	18	59.22
Burglary	78	256.63
Larceny	86	282.95
Vehicle	20	65.80
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 687.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -20.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (859.3 incidents). There were 82.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -37.5% change (from 132.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -16.0% from (726.6) the previous year to 605.4 per 100,000 people.

Preston County ranks #5 for violent crimes and #6 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #503 and #295 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.

Preston County Criminal Records
Preston County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	3.3	4	13.3	2	6.6	33	109.5
2005	0	0.0	3	10.0	2	6.7	35	117.1
2004	0	0.0	1	3.4	2	6.7	31	104.1
2003	0	0.0	1	3.4	3	10.1	21	70.9
2002	0	0.0	1	3.4	0	0.0	38	130.0
2001	1	3.4	4	13.7	0	0.0	38	130.0
2000	0	0.0	2	6.8	2	6.8	36	122.7
1999	0	0.0	2	6.7	4	13.4	44	147.9
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	13.5	51	171.9
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.4	4	13.5
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.3	15	50.2
1995	1	3.3	0	0.0	1	3.3	2	6.7
1994	0	0.0	1	3.4	2	6.7	7	23.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	81	268.7	101	335.1	36	119.4	1	3.3
2005	122	408.3	103	344.7	29	97.1	0	0.0
2004	107	359.2	141	473.4	24	80.6	0	0.0
2003	69	233.1	126	425.7	26	87.8	0	0.0
2002	75	256.6	98	335.3	45	154.0	0	0.0
2001	116	396.9	119	407.1	27	92.4	0	0.0
2000	86	293.2	138	470.4	38	129.5	0	0.0
1999	128	430.4	169	568.2	37	124.4	0	0.0
1998	88	296.5	139	468.4	29	97.7	0	0.0
1997	61	205.2	154	518.0	16	53.8	0	0.0
1996	136	454.9	174	582.0	15	50.2	0	0.0
1995	85	284.0	184	614.8	27	90.2	0	0.0
1994	106	357.5	146	492.5	31	104.6	0	0.0

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