Clarksburg, WV carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 6% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Clarksburg, WV shows violent crime at 372.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,219.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 6% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
372.2/100K violent
2219.9/100K property
+6% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Clarksburg, WV
Comparable rate records
Clarksburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the West Virginia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Clarksburg's 372.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Gilbert (327.9), Buckhannon (319.1), Dunbar (311.2), White Hall (284.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Clarksburg reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable West Virginia cities
At 372.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Clarksburg ranks 12 of 49 — above 37 of the 48 other West Virginia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +116.9% against the cohort median of 171.6. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 437.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 372.2 in 2024 (-14.9%). The highest observed value was 437.3 in 2020 and the lowest 160.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 14.4% of the 397 Part I offenses reported in Clarksburg for 2024, against a median of 9.4% across comparable West Virginia cities — a gap of 5.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Clarksburg's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Clarksburg's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.7 Census sq mi, Clarksburg logged 35 property and 5.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Clarksburg's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 397 offenses; mix index 5,957).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-30.4%
3187.8 → 2219.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+8.6%
342.7 → 372.2/100K
Property offenses lead Clarksburg's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WV
Property Crime
340
2219.9
1089.3
Larceny-Theft
302
1971.8
-
Burglary
25
163.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
13
84.9
-
Arson
3
19.6
-
Violent Crime
57
372.2
241.6
Aggravated Assault
41
267.7
-
Rape
14
91.4
-
Robbery
2
13.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Clarksburg Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Clarksburg property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Clarksburg Police Department
Reporting agency for Clarksburg NIBRS-participating
Clarksburg Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Clarksburg's 397 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in West Virginia
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the West Virginia cities closest to Clarksburg in population. Their populations run from 9,163 to 18,151, against 15,316 here. Or use our
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Clarksburg at 372.2/100K violent and 2,219.9/100K property - matched below outside West Virginia (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Clarksburg reported 57 violent crimes and 340 property crimes, for a total of 397 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Clarksburg?
From 2023 to 2024, Clarksburg's violent crime rate increased by 8.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 30.4%.
What is the most common crime in Clarksburg?
The most common crime type in Clarksburg is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.1% of all reported crimes (302 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Clarksburg figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Clarksburg, WV rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.