What is the crime rate in Parkersburg, WV?

In 2025, the Parkersburg Police Department reported 77 violent crimes and 683 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 269 violent and 2,386 property crimes per 100,000 of the 28,628 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: 269
Property per 100,000: 2,386
Violent crimes: 77
Property crimes: 683

Crime reported by the Parkersburg 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	77	266	1,036	3,577	28,959
2024	75	260	937	3,252	28,815
2025	77	269	683	2,386	28,628

Violent crimes reported went from 77 in 2023 to 77 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,036 in 2023 to 683 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.

Parkersburg against West Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Parkersburg	269	2,386
Wood County	161	1,552
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 Parkersburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Parkersburg	—	269	2,386
Belpre	2.9 mi	92	610
Vienna	4.3 mi	174	3,904
Williamstown	11 mi	0	102
Marietta	12 mi	123	741

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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