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Wood County Crime Statistics West Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,707 crimes in Wood County, West Virginia. With a population of 85,995, there was 1 crime for every 31.8 people in the county. Out of the 2,707 crimes reported, 2,535 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 172 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	4.65
Rape	18	20.93
Robbery	23	26.75
Assault	127	147.68
Burglary	485	563.99
Larceny	1,890	2197.80
Vehicle	158	183.73
Arson	2	2.3

The 2007 crime rate was 3,147.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -11.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,571.9 incidents). There were 200.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -46.9% change (from 371.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -9.1% from (3,200.0) the previous year to 2,947.8 per 100,000 people.

Wood County ranks #29 for violent crimes and #50 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,347 and #2,187 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	2.3	18	20.7	33	37.9	271	311.1
2005	3	3.4	18	20.6	42	48.2	273	313.2
2004	0	0.0	28	32.0	30	34.3	250	285.5
2003	1	1.1	29	33.1	19	21.7	295	336.3
2002	1	1.1	31	35.4	22	25.1	97	110.6
2001	1	1.1	30	34.2	23	26.2	143	163.1
2000	4	4.5	24	27.3	21	23.9	213	242.1
1999	1	1.2	28	32.3	12	13.9	410	473.6
1998	1	1.2	22	25.3	29	33.4	150	172.8
1997	1	1.1	27	30.8	15	17.1	116	132.3
1996	1	1.1	26	29.5	21	23.8	68	77.1
1995	1	1.1	20	22.7	19	21.5	102	115.5
1994	2	2.3	22	25.0	13	14.8	98	111.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	573	657.7	2,033	2333.5	179	205.5	3	3.4
2005	528	605.7	2,000	2294.3	163	187.0	3	3.4
2004	578	660.0	1,618	1847.5	137	156.4	2	2.3
2003	425	484.5	1,525	1738.5	137	156.2	3	3.4
2002	510	581.7	1,533	1748.6	144	164.3	3	3.4
2001	473	539.5	1,735	1978.9	157	179.1	4	4.6
2000	543	617.1	1,533	1742.3	129	146.6	4	4.5
1999	423	488.7	1,381	1595.3	139	160.6	2	2.3
1998	644	742.0	1,740	2004.9	107	123.3	3	3.5
1997	556	633.9	1,667	1900.5	103	117.4	3	3.4
1996	515	583.9	1,886	2138.4	111	125.9	3	3.4
1995	472	534.6	1,780	2015.9	123	139.3	2	2.3
1994	421	477.8	1,571	1782.8	99	112.3	2	2.3

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