Is West Virginia a Safe State? Crime Statistics Analysis

Overall Crime Rate (2011–2020)

5,534.74 incidents per 100,000 population.

Violent Crime

• West Virginia: 538.09 per 100,000
• National Average: 396.90 per 100,000

West Virginia's violent crime rate is higher than the national average.

Property Crime

• West Virginia: 5,005.82 per 100,000
• National Average: 2,142.58 per 100,000

Property crime is also significantly higher than the national average (note: the source text says "less than" but the numbers indicate otherwise; the correct interpretation is that WV's property crime rate is more than double the national figure).

National Ranking

On a crime index scale of 1 (safest) to 100 (most unsafe), West Virginia scores 5.47, placing it in the upper portion of states for crime.