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Reported crime in West Virginia
Year	Population	Number of offenses reported									Crime rate per 100,000 population
		Violent crime					Property crime				Violent crime					Property crime
		Violent crime total	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime total	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Violent Crime rate	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate	Forcible rape rate	Robbery rate	Aggravated assault rate	Property crime rate	Burglary rate	Larceny- theft rate	Motor vehicle theft rate

1960	1,860,421	1,200	81	78	238	803	12,208	4,358	6,558	1,292	64.5	4.4	4.2	12.8	43.2	656.2	234.2	352.5	69.4
1961	1,850,000	1,167	82	81	216	788	11,085	4,396	5,426	1,263	63.1	4.4	4.4	11.7	42.6	599.2	237.6	293.3	68.3
1962	1,773,000	1,146	66	75	273	732	12,097	3,837	6,996	1,264	64.6	3.7	4.2	15.4	41.3	682.3	216.4	394.6	71.3
1963	1,778,000	1,185	95	74	260	756	12,503	4,023	7,164	1,316	66.6	5.3	4.2	14.6	42.5	703.2	226.3	402.9	74.0
1964	1,797,000	1,359	67	89	303	900	13,603	4,818	7,375	1,410	75.6	3.7	5.0	16.9	50.1	757.0	268.1	410.4	78.5
1965	1,812,000	1,413	72	77	261	1,003	13,435	4,600	7,577	1,258	78.0	4.0	4.2	14.4	55.4	741.4	253.9	418.2	69.4
1966	1,794,000	1,613	76	91	342	1,104	15,188	4,651	9,146	1,391	89.9	4.2	5.1	19.1	61.5	846.6	259.3	509.8	77.5
1967	1,798,000	1,744	83	85	347	1,229	16,681	5,365	9,745	1,571	97.0	4.6	4.7	19.3	68.4	927.8	298.4	542.0	87.4
1968	1,805,000	1,959	99	79	460	1,321	19,069	6,313	11,096	1,660	108.5	5.5	4.4	25.5	73.2	1,056.5	349.8	614.7	92.0
1969	1,819,000	1,766	102	93	347	1,224	18,330	5,870	10,906	1,554	97.1	5.6	5.1	19.1	67.3	1,007.7	322.7	599.6	85.4
1970	1,744,237	2,158	109	116	476	1,457	21,886	6,777	13,497	1,612	123.7	6.2	6.7	27.3	83.5	1,254.8	388.5	773.8	92.4
1971	1,752,000	2,311	113	87	620	1,491	22,241	6,792	13,507	1,942	131.9	6.4	5.0	35.4	85.1	1,269.5	387.7	770.9	110.8
1972	1,781,000	2,299	109	146	562	1,482	23,285	7,356	13,976	1,953	129.1	6.1	8.2	31.6	83.2	1,307.4	413.0	784.7	109.7
1973	1,794,000	2,219	103	166	501	1,449	24,180	7,459	14,799	1,922	123.7	5.7	9.3	27.9	80.8	1,347.8	415.8	824.9	107.1
1974	1,791,000	2,460	108	179	631	1,542	29,229	9,883	17,074	2,272	137.4	6.0	10.0	35.2	86.1	1,632.0	551.8	953.3	126.9
1975	1,803,000	2,915	133	168	820	1,794	35,089	10,656	22,154	2,279	161.7	7.4	9.3	45.5	99.5	1,946.1	591.0	1,228.7	126.4
1976	1,821,000	2,761	122	188	692	1,759	39,480	10,437	26,568	2,475	151.6	6.7	10.3	38.0	96.6	2,168.0	573.1	1,459.0	135.9
1977	1,859,000	2,832	112	246	784	1,690	39,083	11,106	24,942	3,035	152.3	6.0	13.2	42.2	90.9	2,102.4	597.4	1,341.7	163.3
1978	1,860,000	3,120	127	273	862	1,858	39,104	12,059	23,776	3,269	167.7	6.8	14.7	46.3	99.9	2,102.4	648.3	1,278.3	175.8
1979	1,878,000	3,156	128	291	825	1,912	40,513	11,959	24,755	3,799	168.1	6.8	15.5	43.9	101.8	2,157.2	636.8	1,318.2	202.3
1980	1,930,787	3,547	138	306	936	2,167	45,719	14,258	27,606	3,855	183.7	7.1	15.8	48.5	112.2	2,367.9	738.5	1,429.8	199.7
1981	1,951,000	3,410	118	289	979	2,024	47,681	15,122	28,884	3,675	174.8	6.0	14.8	50.2	103.7	2,443.9	775.1	1,480.5	188.4
1982	1,948,000	3,405	102	302	970	2,031	45,514	13,985	27,962	3,567	174.8	5.2	15.5	49.8	104.3	2,336.4	717.9	1,435.4	183.1
1983	1,965,000	3,375	96	263	869	2,147	44,158	13,455	27,134	3,569	171.8	4.9	13.4	44.2	109.3	2,247.2	684.7	1,380.9	181.6
1984	1,952,000	3,283	86	305	744	2,148	42,313	12,649	26,296	3,368	168.2	4.4	15.6	38.1	110.0	2,167.7	648.0	1,347.1	172.5
1985	1,936,000	3,214	73	359	728	2,054	40,401	11,972	25,191	3,238	166.0	3.8	18.5	37.6	106.1	2,086.8	618.4	1,301.2	167.3
1986	1,919,000	3,156	114	362	787	1,893	41,301	11,999	26,055	3,247	164.5	5.9	18.9	41.0	98.6	2,152.2	625.3	1,357.7	169.2
1987	1,897,000	2,605	92	429	591	1,493	38,953	11,450	24,436	3,067	137.3	4.8	22.6	31.2	78.7	2,053.4	603.6	1,288.1	161.7
1988	1,884,000	2,476	93	353	644	1,386	39,703	11,510	25,147	3,046	131.4	4.9	18.7	34.2	73.6	2,107.4	610.9	1,334.8	161.7
1989	1,857,000	2,724	121	347	793	1,463	41,154	11,635	26,608	2,911	146.7	6.5	18.7	42.7	78.8	2,216.2	626.5	1,432.8	156.8
1990	1,793,477	3,036	102	423	680	1,831	41,855	11,785	27,310	2,760	169.3	5.7	23.6	37.9	102.1	2,333.7	657.1	1,522.7	153.9
1991	1,801,000	3,440	111	415	779	2,135	44,528	12,009	29,369	3,150	191.0	6.2	23.0	43.3	118.5	2,472.4	666.8	1,630.7	174.9
1992	1,812,000	3,833	115	393	788	2,537	43,455	11,287	29,200	2,968	211.5	6.3	21.7	43.5	140.0	2,398.2	622.9	1,611.5	163.8
1993	1,820,000	3,793	126	365	782	2,520	42,300	10,904	28,456	2,940	208.4	6.9	20.1	43.0	138.5	2,324.2	599.1	1,563.5	161.5
1994	1,822,000	3,931	99	370	772	2,690	42,136	10,673	28,189	3,274	215.8	5.4	20.3	42.4	147.6	2,312.6	585.8	1,547.1	179.7
1995	1,828,000	3,842	89	388	781	2,584	41,093	10,329	27,724	3,040	210.2	4.9	21.2	42.7	141.4	2,248.0	565.0	1,516.6	166.3
1996	1,826,000	3,836	69	358	737	2,672	41,510	9,979	28,300	3,231	210.1	3.8	19.6	40.4	146.3	2,273.3	546.5	1,549.8	176.9
1997	1,816,000	3,971	75	355	782	2,759	40,868	10,647	26,934	3,287	218.7	4.1	19.5	43.1	151.9	2,250.4	586.3	1,483.1	181.0
1998	1,811,000	4,503	78	339	676	3,410	41,627	11,110	27,127	3,390	248.6	4.3	18.7	37.3	188.3	2,298.6	613.5	1,497.9	187.2
1999	1,807,000	6,336	79	337	661	5,259	42,825	10,303	28,760	3,762	350.6	4.4	18.6	36.6	291.0	2,370.0	570.2	1,591.6	208.2
2000	1,808,344	5,723	46	331	749	4,597	41,344	9,890	28,139	3,315	316.5	2.5	18.3	41.4	254.2	2,286.3	546.9	1,556.1	183.3
2001	1,801,916	5,035	40	320	707	3,968	41,085	9,601	28,268	3,216	279.4	2.2	17.8	39.2	220.2	2,280.1	532.8	1,568.8	178.5
2002	1,804,884	4,221	57	328	657	3,179	41,099	9,677	27,524	3,898	233.9	3.2	18.2	36.4	176.1	2,277.1	536.2	1,525.0	216.0
2003	1,811,440	4,627	73	311	701	3,542	42,370	10,498	28,409	3,463	255.4	4.0	17.2	38.7	195.5	2,339.0	579.5	1,568.3	191.2
2004	1,812,548	5,110	68	346	774	3,922	46,326	10,994	31,566	3,766	281.9	3.8	19.1	42.7	216.4	2,555.8	606.5	1,741.5	207.8
2005	1,814,083	4,968	82	335	816	3,735	47,757	11,334	32,603	3,820	274.0	4.5	18.5	45.0	205.9	2,633.0	624.8	1,797.0	211.0
2006	1,818,470	5,087	75	389	853	3,770	47,672	11,531	32,220	3,921	279.7	4.1	21.4	46.9	207.3	2,621.5	634.1	1,771.8	215.6
2007	1,812,035	4,987	64	369	852	3,702	45,753	10,814	31,447	3,492	275.2	3.5	20.4	47.0	204.3	2,525.0	596.8	1,735.5	192.7

Results from State-level crime trends database in Data Online	Query date: February 09, 2010
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