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South Charleston Crime Rate Report (West Virginia)

South Charleston crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 16 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in South Charleston for 2024 is expected to be higher than in 2018.

The city violent crime rate for South Charleston in 2018 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 0.05% and the city property crime rate in South Charleston was higher than the national property crime rate average by 112.29%.

In 2018 the city violent crime rate in South Charleston was higher than the violent crime rate in West Virginia by 31.18% and the city property crime rate in South Charleston was higher than the property crime rate in West Virginia by 214.32%.

Property and Violent Crime
South Charleston Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
South Charleston Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

South Charleston Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2018 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault33
Arson4
Burglary52
Larceny and Theft503
Motor Vehicle Theft22
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape10
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)628
Property Crime577
Violent Crime47
2024 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault67
Arson4
Burglary71
Larceny and Theft836
Motor Vehicle Theft66
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape15
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,021
Property Crime970
Violent Crime83

Property and Violent Crime Totals

South Charleston Property Crime

South Charleston Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

South Charleston Crime 2018

South Charleston Crime 2024

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

South Charleston Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

South Charleston Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this South Charleston, 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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the South Charleston crime report data for 2024 was projected from 16 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2018.

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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