StateMaster - West Virginian Crime statistics

Arson deaths	0	[47th of 49]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000	14.7	[12th of 51]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female	28.9 %	[17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons	25 %	[21st of 49]
Larceny-theft	32,220	[39th of 51]
Lynchings > Black	28	[15th of 44]
Lynchings > Total	48	[19th of 44]
Lynchings > White	20	[23rd of 44]
Motor vehicle theft	3,921	[40th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	75	[36th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities	5,067	[39th of 50]
Property crime total	47,672	[39th of 51]
Robbery	853	[41st of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails	1,077	[14th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities	0	[47th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths	25	[37th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides	0	[31st of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides	1	[44th of 50]
Violent crime	5,087	[39th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities	459	[34th of 50]

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SOURCES: US Fire Administration, 2001; statehealthfacts.org; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; Bureau of Justice Statistics; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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