West Virginia

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Updated 2024 crime data (FBI/state agency) · 2023 poverty (U.S. Census)

Verified with FBI/Census data

Sources: USAFacts — West Virginia crime rate, WV Center on Budget & Policy — 2023 poverty, U.S. Census Bureau — Poverty in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2023

Per 100,000 residents (2024)

Reported incidents

2024 data (year-over-year change not consistently published)

Violent crime rate

249 per 100k

2024 data Some figures for this state come from conflicting or indirect secondary sources — treat as approximate.

Property crime rate

1,162 per 100k

2024 data Some figures for this state come from conflicting or indirect secondary sources — treat as approximate.

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