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Wheeling Crime Rate Report (West Virginia)

Wheeling crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 17 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Wheeling for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Wheeling in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 150.31% and the city property crime rate in Wheeling was higher than the national property crime rate average by 5.6%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Wheeling was higher than the violent crime rate in West Virginia by 239.28% and the city property crime rate in Wheeling was higher than the property crime rate in West Virginia by 53.89%.

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

Wheeling Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault187
Arson2
Burglary112
Larceny and Theft296
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape19
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)557
Property Crime419
Violent Crime212
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault228
Arson2
Burglary129
Larceny and Theft317
Motor Vehicle Theft26
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape22
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)610
Property Crime472
Violent Crime256

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Wheeling Property Crime

Wheeling Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Wheeling Crime 2025

Wheeling Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Wheeling Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Wheeling Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Wheeling, 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 Wheeling crime report data for 2026 was projected from 17 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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