What is the crime rate in Fairmont, WV?

In 2025, the Fairmont Police Department reported 71 violent crimes and 215 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 395 violent and 1,196 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,976 residents it serves.

Across West Virginia the rates were 265 and 1,085.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 395
Property per 100,000: 1,196
Violent crimes: 71
Property crimes: 215

Crime reported by the Fairmont Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	110	606	251	1,383	18,153
2024	94	520	243	1,345	18,066
2025	71	395	215	1,196	17,976

Violent crimes reported went from 110 in 2023 to 71 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 251 in 2023 to 215 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Fairmont against West Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fairmont	395	1,196
West Virginia	265	1,085
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Fairmont, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fairmont	—	395	1,196
Shinnston	9.9 mi	45	267
Mannington	11 mi	0	1,514
Grafton	12 mi	66	837
Bridgeport	13 mi	74	1,399
Westover	14 mi	146	2,768
Star City	15 mi	166	662
Morgantown	15 mi	239	1,690

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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