County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Mercer County, WV
At 59,664 residents, Mercer 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).
Mercer County, WV reported 132 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Mercer County, WV agencies reported 79 violent and 343 property offenses. That equals about 132 violent and 575 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
79 violent offenses
132/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Mercer County, WV
Position in the state cohort
Mercer County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable West Virginia counties
At 132.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Mercer County ranks 8 of 32 — above 24 of the 31 other West Virginia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +110.6% against the cohort median of 62.9. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2024 reported record
Larceny-theft is the most reported offence in Mercer County
Of the 422 Part I offences Mercer County reported for 2024, 18.7% were violent. Aggravated assault leads the violent categories at 59, and larceny-theft leads the property categories at 221, against a population of 59,664. West Virginia has too few counties with a comparable 2024 submission to place this record against an in-state cohort, so it is reported on its own terms.
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
343
Burglary
65
Larceny-Theft
221
Motor Vehicle Theft
57
Arson
5
Violent Crime
79
Murder
4
Rape
14
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
59
Reporting Agency
Mercer County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Mercer County's crime figures on this page originate from Mercer 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.