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Beckley Crime Rate Report (West Virginia)

Beckley crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Beckley for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Beckley in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 118.49% and the city property crime rate in Beckley was higher than the national property crime rate average by 361.6%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Beckley was higher than the violent crime rate in West Virginia by 196.14% and the city property crime rate in Beckley was higher than the property crime rate in West Virginia by 572.65%.

Property and Violent Crime
Beckley Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Beckley Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Beckley Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault89
Arson2
Burglary104
Larceny and Theft1,020
Motor Vehicle Theft34
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape21
Robbery7
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,293
Property Crime1,158
Violent Crime117
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault65
Arson0
Burglary73
Larceny and Theft1,025
Motor Vehicle Theft38
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape17
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,270
Property Crime1,135
Violent Crime78

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Beckley Property Crime

Beckley Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Beckley Crime 2025

Beckley Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Beckley Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Beckley Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Beckley, West Virginia crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Beckley crime report data for 2026 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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