Upshur County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Upshur County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 277 crimes in Upshur County, West Virginia. With a population of 23,611, there was 1 crime for every 85.2 people in the county. Out of the 277 crimes reported, 251 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 26 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	3	12.71
Robbery	2	8.47
Assault	21	88.94
Burglary	50	211.77
Larceny	178	753.89
Vehicle	23	97.41
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,173.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -14.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,369.4 incidents). There were 110.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -27.8% change (from 151.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -13.1% from (1,217.7) the previous year to 1,063.1 per 100,000 people.

Upshur County ranks #11 for violent crimes and #20 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #728 and #586 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.

Upshur County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	3	12.6	1	4.2	32	134.8
2005	1	4.2	5	20.8	0	0.0	32	133.2
2004	0	0.0	11	46.3	0	0.0	11	46.3
2003	4	17.1	7	29.9	0	0.0	20	85.4
2002	0	0.0	1	4.3	0	0.0	14	60.0
2001	0	0.0	2	8.6	0	0.0	19	81.5
2000	1	4.3	5	21.4	1	4.3	28	119.6
1999	1	4.3	0	0.0	1	4.3	29	123.6
1998	2	8.4	0	0.0	1	4.2	20	84.2
1997	1	4.2	0	0.0	1	4.2	17	72.0
1996	0	0.0	3	12.6	2	8.4	9	37.9
1995	0	0.0	1	4.2	1	4.2	31	130.5
1994	0	0.0	1	4.3	3	12.9	15	64.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	78	328.7	191	804.8	20	84.3	0	0.0
2005	66	274.8	207	861.9	25	104.1	0	0.0
2004	52	219.1	206	868.0	18	75.8	0	0.0
2003	70	298.8	161	687.2	21	89.6	0	0.0
2002	53	227.3	189	810.4	21	90.0	0	0.0
2001	80	343.0	254	1089.1	24	102.9	0	0.0
2000	59	252.1	212	905.8	17	72.6	0	0.0
1999	103	438.8	229	975.7	15	63.9	0	0.0
1998	49	206.3	194	816.6	12	50.5	0	0.0
1997	92	389.8	233	987.2	14	59.3	0	0.0
1996	61	257.0	199	838.5	17	71.6	0	0.0
1995	50	210.4	225	947.0	22	92.6	0	0.0
1994	79	340.6	309	1332.2	21	90.5	0	0.0

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