Ritchie County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Ritchie County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 162 crimes in Ritchie County, West Virginia. With a population of 10,619, there was 1 crime for every 65.5 people in the county. Out of the 162 crimes reported, 143 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	2	18.83
Rape	3	28.25
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	14	131.84
Burglary	42	395.52
Larceny	90	847.54
Vehicle	11	103.59
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,525.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -24.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,009.7 incidents). There were 178.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.0% change (from 180.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -25.9% from (1,829.6) the previous year to 1,346.6 per 100,000 people.

Ritchie County ranks #26 for violent crimes and #29 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,211 and #838 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.

Ritchie County Criminal Records
Ritchie County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	19.0	2	19.0	0	0.0	15	142.2
2005	0	0.0	2	19.1	0	0.0	19	181.0
2004	1	9.5	2	19.0	2	19.0	17	161.2
2003	0	0.0	1	9.7	3	29.1	27	261.5
2002	0	0.0	2	19.4	0	0.0	13	126.1
2001	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	58.2
2000	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	154.7
1999	1	9.7	2	19.4	0	0.0	26	251.6
1998	0	0.0	9	87.9	0	0.0	8	78.2
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9.8
1996	1	9.7	3	29.1	0	0.0	4	38.8
1995	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	19.4
1994	1	9.8	1	9.8	0	0.0	7	68.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	74	701.5	102	966.9	17	161.2	0	0.0
2005	46	438.3	67	638.4	11	104.8	0	0.0
2004	62	588.0	69	654.4	6	56.9	0	0.0
2003	50	484.2	151	1462.3	24	232.4	0	0.0
2002	44	426.9	72	698.6	15	145.5	0	0.0
2001	11	106.7	56	543.4	6	58.2	0	0.0
2000	7	67.7	31	299.7	8	77.3	0	0.0
1999	11	106.5	33	319.4	9	87.1	0	0.0
1998	18	175.8	45	439.6	7	68.4	0	0.0
1997	26	253.7	15	146.4	5	48.8	0	0.0
1996	24	232.9	28	271.7	2	19.4	0	0.0
1995	9	87.2	21	203.5	7	67.8	0	0.0
1994	22	216.3	15	147.5	3	29.5	0	0.0

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