What is the crime rate in Moundsville, WV?

In 2025, the Moundsville Police Department reported 20 violent crimes and 187 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 263 violent and 2,456 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,615 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: 263
Property per 100,000: 2,456
Violent crimes: 20
Property crimes: 187

Crime reported by the Moundsville 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	18	233	124	1,607	7,718
2024	17	223	157	2,061	7,616
2025	20	263	187	2,456	7,615

Violent crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 20 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 124 in 2023 to 187 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.

Moundsville against West Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Moundsville	263	2,456
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 Moundsville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Moundsville	—	263	2,456
Glen Dale	1.8 mi	286	1,145
McMechen	4.5 mi	0	0
Bellaire	6.5 mi	135	592
Bethlehem	9.2 mi	79	237
Bridgeport	9.8 mi	0	66
Wheeling	11 mi	816	1,629
Martins Ferry	13 mi	300	550

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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