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Violent crimes in West Virginia

Violent crimes in West Virginia was 4,269 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 4.7% from 2024. That is the 41st highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count4,269
Change on 2024-4.7%
Rank41st of 51US states ranked
Series high6,6332016
Series low2,4761988

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Violent crimes in West Virginia, 1979 to 2025

2,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00019791986199320002007201420251979: 3,156 count1980: 3,547 count1981: 3,410 count1982: 3,405 count1983: 3,375 count1984: 3,283 count1985: 3,214 count1986: 3,156 count1987: 2,605 count1988: 2,476 count1989: 2,724 count1990: 3,036 count1991: 3,440 count1992: 3,833 count1993: 3,793 count1994: 3,931 count1995: 3,842 count1996: 3,836 count1997: 3,971 count1998: 4,503 count1999: 6,336 count2000: 5,723 count2001: 5,035 count2002: 4,221 count2003: 4,627 count2004: 5,110 count2005: 4,968 count2006: 5,113 count2007: 5,016 count2008: 5,006 count2009: 5,554 count2010: 5,586 count2011: 5,497 count2012: 5,943 count2013: 5,657 count2014: 5,850 count2015: 6,397 count2016: 6,633 count2017: 6,564 count2018: 5,411 count2019: 5,725 count2020: 6,352 count2021: 5,205 count2022: 5,213 count2023: 4,761 count2024: 4,481 count2025: 4,269 count2,0004,0006,0008,00019791995201120251979: 3,156 count1980: 3,547 count1981: 3,410 count1982: 3,405 count1983: 3,375 count1984: 3,283 count1985: 3,214 count1986: 3,156 count1987: 2,605 count1988: 2,476 count1989: 2,724 count1990: 3,036 count1991: 3,440 count1992: 3,833 count1993: 3,793 count1994: 3,931 count1995: 3,842 count1996: 3,836 count1997: 3,971 count1998: 4,503 count1999: 6,336 count2000: 5,723 count2001: 5,035 count2002: 4,221 count2003: 4,627 count2004: 5,110 count2005: 4,968 count2006: 5,113 count2007: 5,016 count2008: 5,006 count2009: 5,554 count2010: 5,586 count2011: 5,497 count2012: 5,943 count2013: 5,657 count2014: 5,850 count2015: 6,397 count2016: 6,633 count2017: 6,564 count2018: 5,411 count2019: 5,725 count2020: 6,352 count2021: 5,205 count2022: 5,213 count2023: 4,761 count2024: 4,481 count2025: 4,269 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
20254,269
20244,481
20234,761
20225,213
20215,205
20206,352
20195,725
20185,411
20176,564
20166,633
20156,397
20145,850
20135,657
20125,943
20115,497
20105,586
20095,554
20085,006
20075,016
20065,113
20054,968
20045,110
20034,627
20024,221
20015,035
20005,723
19996,336
19984,503
19973,971
19963,836
19953,842
19943,931
19933,793
19923,833
19913,440
19903,036
19892,724
19882,476
19872,605
19863,156
19853,214
19843,283
19833,375
19823,405
19813,410
19803,547
19793,156

Compared with United States

Place2025
West Virginia4,269
United States1,119,768

West Virginia compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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  • 33K and over
Violent crimes, 2025, count. West Virginia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, West Virginia, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, West Virginia, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/west-virginia. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, West Virginia, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/west-virginia.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, West Virginia, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/west-virginia (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the violent crimes in West Virginia?

Violent crimes in West Virginia was 4,269 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 4.7% from 2024. That is the 41st highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in West Virginia?

6,633 in 2016, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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