Wayne County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Wayne County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,190 crimes in Wayne County, West Virginia. With a population of 37,399, there was 1 crime for every 31.4 people in the county. Out of the 1,190 crimes reported, 1,089 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 101 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	5.35
Rape	5	13.37
Robbery	23	61.50
Assault	71	189.84
Burglary	318	850.29
Larceny	668	1786.14
Vehicle	103	275.41
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 3,181.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 15.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,756.2 incidents). There were 270.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 13.5% change (from 233.2 incidents). Property crimes changed 13.1% from (2,523.0) the previous year to 2,911.8 per 100,000 people.

Wayne County ranks #41 for violent crimes and #49 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,758 and #2,172 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.

Wayne County Criminal Records
Wayne County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	6	15.7	16	41.9	67	175.5
2005	4	10.4	4	10.4	16	41.5	48	124.6
2004	1	2.6	6	15.6	14	36.3	59	153.1
2003	0	0.0	3	7.8	19	49.3	112	290.5
2002	3	7.8	4	10.4	13	33.7	115	297.7
2001	1	2.6	4	10.4	10	25.9	141	365.0
2000	0	0.0	6	15.5	16	41.3	92	237.3
1999	3	8.0	0	0.0	2	5.3	88	233.6
1998	2	5.3	25	66.4	12	31.8	133	353.0
1997	1	2.6	10	26.3	22	57.9	104	273.8
1996	0	0.0	11	28.8	11	28.8	93	243.5
1995	1	2.6	9	23.5	12	31.4	68	177.8
1994	4	10.6	8	21.1	15	39.6	50	132.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	309	809.6	578	1514.3	76	199.1	0	0.0
2005	296	768.1	676	1754.2	113	293.2	0	0.0
2004	289	750.1	656	1702.6	133	345.2	1	2.6
2003	377	978.0	673	1745.8	158	409.9	1	2.6
2002	241	623.9	587	1519.5	130	336.5	0	0.0
2001	204	528.1	665	1721.4	155	401.2	0	0.0
2000	253	652.6	611	1576.0	155	399.8	0	0.0
1999	155	411.5	455	1207.9	113	300.0	0	0.0
1998	303	804.2	518	1374.8	91	241.5	0	0.0
1997	303	797.7	509	1340.1	85	223.8	1	2.6
1996	220	576.0	512	1340.5	85	222.5	0	0.0
1995	259	677.3	505	1320.6	73	190.9	1	2.6
1994	257	678.2	482	1272.0	75	197.9	1	2.6

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