What is the crime rate in Morgantown, WV?

In 2025, the Morgantown Police Department reported 73 violent crimes and 517 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 239 violent and 1,690 property crimes per 100,000 of the 30,600 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: 239
Property per 100,000: 1,690
Violent crimes: 73
Property crimes: 517

Crime reported by the Morgantown 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	107	353	672	2,216	30,331
2024	66	216	603	1,976	30,510
2025	73	239	517	1,690	30,600

Violent crimes reported went from 107 in 2023 to 73 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 672 in 2023 to 517 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.

Morgantown against West Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Morgantown	239	1,690
Monongalia County	124	752
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 Morgantown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Morgantown	—	239	1,690
Westover	2.3 mi	146	2,768
Star City	2.6 mi	166	662
Point Marion	7.2 mi	182	638
Masontown	15 mi	320	864
Fairmont	15 mi	395	1,196

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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