ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 26253

Randolph County, West Virginia: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

519
Property rate /100K (county)
3,302
Population (ZIP)
243
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 26253 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 26253 sits within Randolph County, WV, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Randolph County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 243 violent and 519 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 26253 is the largest ZIP in Randolph County by population, 3,302 residents (#2 of 22 county ZIPs), across 59.95 square miles (55/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Randolph County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Randolph County crime page linked below.

ZIP 26253 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Randolph County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 26253 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$57,429
Median age
39.6 years
Owner-occupied homes
69%
Occupied homes
1,223

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 26253?

Within the participating-agency records for Randolph County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 31% below and property crime is 70% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 26253. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 26253 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#2 of 22). Its 3,302 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Randolph County UCR book ZIP 26253 inherits

ZIP 26253 itself is about 55 people per Census sq mi across 60 sq mi (3,302 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 26253 accounts for roughly 11.8% of the county reporting population (3,302 of 27,932).

Randolph County leans on larceny-theft at 52% of reported offenses (mix index 3,872). ZIP 26253 has no separate FBI offense book.

Randolph County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +8% vs 2023; property counts +19% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Randolph County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 26253

Similar county violent rate (~243/100K)

Similar Census population (~3,302)

County detail: Randolph County · State atlas: West Virginia

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.