Bluefield, WV Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Bluefield, WV Summary

Crime in Bluefield research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bluefield over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bluefield:

  • There were 139 total crimes committed in Bluefield the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,477.0 total crimes per 100K people in Bluefield.
  • The overall crime rate in Bluefield is -36.45% below the national average.
  • Bluefield ranks #28 safest out of 54 cities in West Virginia.
  • Bluefield ranks #5,252 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Bluefield Vs West Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bluefield is 1,477.0 per 100,000 people. That's -36.45% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -15.85% lower than the West Virginia total crime rate of 1,755.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bluefield
/ 100k People
West Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 139 1,477.0 1,755.3 2,324.2
Murder 2 21.3 6.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 20.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 127 1,349.5 282.1 268.2
Violent Crime 131 1,392.0 355.9 369.8
Burglary 0 0.0 273.3 269.8
Larceny 8 85.0 998.9 1,401.9
Car Theft 0 0.0 127.2 282.7
Property Crime 8 85.0 1,399.4 1,954.4

Bluefield Crime Compared To West Virginia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in West Virginia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Bluefield

131
Violent Crimes
1,392.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
276.42%
Above The National Average
  • There were 131 violent crimes in Bluefield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bluefield is 1,392.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 71.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bluefield each year. That compares to a 1 in 281.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 276.42% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 291.12% higher than the West Virginia violent crime rate of 355.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bluefield

8
Property Crimes
85.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-95.65%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 property crimes in Bluefield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bluefield is 85.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,176.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bluefield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -95.65% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -93.93% lower than the West Virginia property crime rate of 1,399.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Bluefield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Blacksburg, VA 45,749 286 625.2 581.4 43.7
Christiansburg, VA 21,746 554 2,547.6 2,363.7 183.9
Radford, VA 16,978 239 1,407.7 1,089.6 318.1
Beckley, WV 16,843 1,422 8,442.7 7,700.5 742.1
Pulaski, VA 8,944 340 3,801.4 3,466.0 335.4
Wytheville, VA 8,199 313 3,817.5 3,695.6 122.0
Marion, VA 5,711 149 2,609.0 2,293.8 315.2
Princeton, WV 5,551 43 774.6 360.3 414.3
Richlands, VA 5,158 87 1,686.7 1,299.0 387.7
Bluefield, VA 4,957 262 5,285.5 4,962.7 322.8

Bluefield SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
9
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