What is the crime rate in Nitro, WV?

In 2025, the Nitro Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 237 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 159 violent and 3,757 property crimes per 100,000 of the 6,309 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: 159
Property per 100,000: 3,757
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 237

Crime reported by the Nitro 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	15	235	337	5,285	6,377
2024	10	157	240	3,774	6,360
2025	10	159	237	3,757	6,309

Violent crimes reported went from 15 in 2023 to 10 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 337 in 2023 to 237 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.

Nitro against West Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Nitro	159	3,757
Kanawha County	431	2,472
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 Nitro, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Nitro	—	159	3,757
St. Albans	2.4 mi	118	2,339
Dunbar	4.9 mi	370	2,291
South Charleston	7.2 mi	446	5,378
Winfield	9.0 mi	0	124
Charleston	10 mi	596	3,803
Hurricane	11 mi	59	1,303
Milton	18 mi	365	1,314

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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