West Virginia Crime Grades
A+49 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 99/100 (Very Safe).
FBI UCR Safety Grade Snapshot: West Virginia
West Virginia earned an overall safety grade of A+ (score: 99/100, Very Safe) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 1.2 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 5.6 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 49 West Virginia cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.
Across the 49 graded West Virginia cities, 2 earned A+, 1 earned A, 6 received B, 4 landed at C, 3 received D, and 33 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Cedar Grove with a A+ grade (score: 94/100, violent rate 0/100K). The lowest-rated city is Wheeling with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 982.6/100K).
Roughly 6% of graded cities in West Virginia achieved an A or A+ rating, while 73% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between West Virginia and other states on the site.
| # | Grade | City | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A+ | Cedar Grove | 94 |
| 2 | A+ | Williamstown | 93 |
| 3 | A | Ronceverte | 86 |
| 4 | B | Ceredo | 74 |
| 5 | B | Follansbee | 74 |
| 6 | B | Kenova | 74 |
| 7 | B | Grafton | 70 |
| 8 | B | New Martinsville | 67 |
| 9 | B | Winfield | 66 |
| 10 | C | Fayetteville | 52 |
| 11 | C | Barboursville | 47 |
| 12 | C | Spencer | 45 |
| 13 | C | Hurricane | 41 |
| 14 | D | Ranson | 36 |
| 15 | D | Glen Dale | 35 |
| 16 | D | Charles Town | 33 |
| 17 | F | White Sulphur Springs | 24 |
| 18 | F | Ripley | 21 |
| 19 | F | Weirton | 17 |
| 20 | F | Elkins | 12 |
| 21 | F | Romney | 3 |
| 22 | F | Philippi | 2 |
| 23 | F | Bridgeport | 1 |
| 24 | F | Gilbert | 1 |
| 25 | F | Vienna | 0 |
| 26 | F | Oak Hill | 0 |
| 27 | F | Nitro | 0 |
| 28 | F | Madison | 0 |
| 29 | F | Morgantown | 0 |
| 30 | F | Alderson | 0 |
| 31 | F | Westover | 0 |
| 32 | F | St. Albans | 0 |
| 33 | F | Weston | 0 |
| 34 | F | Keyser | 0 |
| 35 | F | Parkersburg | 0 |
| 36 | F | Summersville | 0 |
| 37 | F | White Hall | 0 |
| 38 | F | Dunbar | 0 |
| 39 | F | Buckhannon | 0 |
| 40 | F | Clarksburg | 0 |
| 41 | F | Bluefield | 0 |
| 42 | F | South Charleston | 0 |
| 43 | F | Fairmont | 0 |
| 44 | F | Charleston | 0 |
| 45 | F | Beckley | 0 |
| 46 | F | Moorefield | 0 |
| 47 | F | Huntington | 0 |
| 48 | F | Montgomery | 0 |
| 49 | F | Wheeling | 0 |
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable.
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