Raleigh County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Raleigh County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,300 crimes in Raleigh County, West Virginia. With a population of 78,950, there was 1 crime for every 23.9 people in the county. Out of the 3,300 crimes reported, 2,998 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 302 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	2.53
Rape	6	7.60
Robbery	48	60.80
Assault	246	311.59
Burglary	652	825.84
Larceny	2,137	2706.78
Vehicle	206	260.92
Arson	3	3.8

The 2007 crime rate was 4,179.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 4.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,019.6 incidents). There were 382.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 5.6% change (from 360.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.4% from (3,658.6) the previous year to 3,797.3 per 100,000 people.

Raleigh County ranks #50 for violent crimes and #54 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,171 and #2,562 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.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	2.5	6	7.6	58	73.2	220	277.6
2005	5	6.3	8	10.1	40	50.5	230	290.3
2004	2	2.5	19	23.9	28	35.2	201	252.9
2003	3	3.8	10	12.6	12	15.1	115	145.1
2002	5	6.3	22	27.9	29	36.7	155	196.4
2001	3	3.8	20	25.3	49	62.1	186	235.6
2000	3	3.8	17	21.5	33	41.7	230	290.3
1999	8	10.1	15	19.0	36	45.6	210	266.2
1998	5	6.3	15	19.0	28	35.5	324	411.3
1997	2	2.6	12	15.4	38	48.8	415	532.9
1996	10	12.8	5	6.4	44	56.2	517	660.3
1995	4	5.1	9	11.5	40	51.0	514	655.7
1994	8	10.3	7	9.0	44	56.4	413	529.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	515	649.9	2,148	2710.9	232	292.8	4	5.0
2005	472	595.7	2,264	2857.1	235	296.6	2	2.5
2004	446	561.2	2,656	3342.0	219	275.6	4	5.0
2003	367	463.0	919	1159.3	141	177.9	3	3.8
2002	399	505.5	1,342	1700.1	226	286.3	1	1.3
2001	454	575.1	1,767	2238.5	213	269.8	2	2.5
2000	343	433.0	1,776	2241.9	187	236.1	1	1.3
1999	383	485.5	1,687	2138.7	159	201.6	1	1.3
1998	412	523.0	1,593	2022.1	155	196.8	1	1.3
1997	552	708.9	1,929	2477.2	171	219.6	2	2.6
1996	524	669.2	1,826	2332.0	203	259.2	2	2.6
1995	479	611.0	2,049	2613.8	172	219.4	2	2.6
1994	417	535.0	2,052	2632.6	190	243.8	1	1.3

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