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Morgantown Crime Rate Report (West Virginia)

Morgantown 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 Morgantown for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Morgantown in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 27.18% and the city property crime rate in Morgantown was higher than the national property crime rate average by 9.66%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Morgantown was lower than the violent crime rate in West Virginia by 1.3% and the city property crime rate in Morgantown was higher than the property crime rate in West Virginia by 59.79%.

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

Morgantown Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault47
Arson1
Burglary16
Larceny and Theft483
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape15
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)624
Property Crime515
Violent Crime73
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault41
Arson2
Burglary8
Larceny and Theft613
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape26
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)745
Property Crime636
Violent Crime76

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Morgantown Property Crime

Morgantown Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Morgantown Crime 2025

Morgantown Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Morgantown Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Morgantown Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Morgantown, 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 Morgantown 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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