Safest counties for violent crime rate in West Virginia

Top 25 of 55 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in West Virginia
Rank	County	Value
1	Braxton	16.6 per 100k
2	Webster	17.4 per 100k
3	Preston	19.7 per 100k
4	Wayne	26.5 per 100k
5	Ritchie	32.2 per 100k
6	Tyler	36.8 per 100k
7	Upshur	46.0 per 100k
8	McDowell	48.8 per 100k
9	Greenbrier	50.6 per 100k
10	Putnam	52.0 per 100k
11	Hancock	52.6 per 100k
12	Mason	53.2 per 100k
13	Roane	57.2 per 100k
14	Grant	58.1 per 100k
15	Brooke	61.6 per 100k
16	Summers	65.2 per 100k
17	Jefferson	66.5 per 100k
18	Mingo	78.5 per 100k
19	Boone	85.8 per 100k
20	Wirt	86.8 per 100k
21	Morgan	96.5 per 100k
22	Monroe	107.9 per 100k
23	Lewis	116.6 per 100k
24	Mineral	119.1 per 100k
25	Berkeley	120.6 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks West Virginia counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in West Virginia (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in West Virginia

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