Wetzel County Crime Statistics West Virginia

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Wetzel County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 29 crimes in Wetzel County, West Virginia. With a population of 17,332, there was 1 crime for every 597.7 people in the county. Out of the 29 crimes reported, 23 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 6 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	0	0.00
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	6	34.62
Burglary	8	46.16
Larceny	10	57.70
Vehicle	5	28.85
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 167.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -74.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (655.1 incidents). There were 34.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -14.3% change (from 38.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -79.3% from (616.2) the previous year to 132.7 per 100,000 people.

Wetzel County ranks #2 for violent crimes and #1 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #134 and #46 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.

Wetzel County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	38.9
2005	0	0.0	2	11.1	0	0.0	12	66.9
2004	0	0.0	3	16.6	1	5.5	12	66.2
2003	0	0.0	1	5.4	0	0.0	11	59.9
2002	0	0.0	3	16.2	0	0.0	11	59.3
2001	0	0.0	1	5.4	1	5.4	9	48.5
2000	0	0.0	1	5.4	1	5.4	9	48.4
1999	0	0.0	2	10.4	2	10.4	16	83.6
1998	0	0.0	3	15.5	2	10.3	11	56.8
1997	0	0.0	4	20.2	2	10.1	4	20.2
1996	0	0.0	1	5.0	1	5.0	4	20.1
1995	0	0.0	2	10.0	2	10.0	5	25.1
1994	4	19.8	6	29.7	2	9.9	6	29.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	20	111.0	84	466.3	7	38.9	0	0.0
2005	25	139.3	67	373.3	9	50.1	0	0.0
2004	43	237.4	71	392.0	9	49.7	0	0.0
2003	43	234.3	128	697.5	10	54.5	0	0.0
2002	22	118.6	94	506.8	13	70.1	0	0.0
2001	35	188.7	91	490.6	10	53.9	0	0.0
2000	31	166.5	94	505.0	14	75.2	0	0.0
1999	27	141.0	66	344.7	10	52.2	0	0.0
1998	73	376.8	147	758.7	15	77.4	0	0.0
1997	82	414.7	161	814.3	22	111.3	0	0.0
1996	69	347.0	154	774.6	27	135.8	0	0.0
1995	49	246.1	145	728.4	15	75.4	0	0.0
1994	64	316.5	147	726.9	16	79.1	0	0.0

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