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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 22 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in South Charleston for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for South Charleston in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 36% and the city property crime rate in South Charleston was higher than the national property crime rate average by 248.87%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in South Charleston was higher than the violent crime rate in West Virginia by 84.34% and the city property crime rate in South Charleston was higher than the property crime rate in West Virginia by 408.38%.

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

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault51
Arson1
Burglary44
Larceny and Theft639
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape6
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)748
Property Crime697
Violent Crime58
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault49
Arson1
Burglary22
Larceny and Theft564
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape2
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)648
Property Crime597
Violent Crime53

Property and Violent Crime Totals

South Charleston Property Crime

South Charleston Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

South Charleston Crime 2025

South Charleston Crime 2026

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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the South Charleston crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 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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