County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Harrison County, WV
At 65,921 residents, Harrison County is a large county in West Virginia. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Harrison County, WV reported 53 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Harrison County, WV agencies reported 35 violent and 212 property offenses. That equals about 53 violent and 322 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
35 violent offenses
53/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Harrison County, WV
Position in the state cohort
Harrison County sits mid-pack among comparable West Virginia counties
At 53.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Harrison County ranks 20 of 32 — above 12 of the 31 other West Virginia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -17.6% against the cohort median of 64.4. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 14.2% of the 247 Part I offenses reported in Harrison County for 2024, against a median of 19.6% across comparable West Virginia counties — a gap of 5.4 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 63.7% of reported property offenses in Harrison County, against a cohort median of 72.3%. The remainder is burglary (30) and motor vehicle theft (47). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 59.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 53.1 in 2024 (-10.3%). The highest observed value was 68.3 in 2021 and the lowest 53.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
212
Burglary
30
Larceny-Theft
135
Motor Vehicle Theft
47
Arson
3
Violent Crime
35
Murder
2
Rape
5
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
26
Reporting Agency
Harrison County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Harrison County's crime figures on this page originate from Harrison County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in West Virginia
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.