Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairmont, WV Crime Grade
How Fairmont grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of West Virginia — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
West Virginia
6/10
vs. West Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fairmont, WV was 395.0 per 100,000 residents (71 incidents over a population of 17,976). That puts Fairmont 21% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 21% above the West Virginia statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Fairmont #3,003 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #8 of 13 in West Virginia. Violent crime is down 24% year over year and down 30% over the last five years.
Fairmont, WV crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- West Virginia Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 395.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,003 of 3,771
- WV rank
- #8 of 13
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 24%
- 5-year change
- down 30%
- Population
- 17,976
- Reporting agency
- Fairmont Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairmont Police Department (FBI ORI WV0250100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairmont, WV
Also known as
- Polsleys
- Polsleys Mill
- Middletown
- Polsley
- Palatine
- Polsleys Mills
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fairmont (red), West Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairmont vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 561.8(103) | 413.9(75) | 606.0(110) | 520.3(94) | 395.0(71) |
| Murder | 5.5(1) | 5.5(1) | 16.5(3) | 0.0(0) | 11.1(2) |
| Rape | 109.1(20) | 66.2(12) | 71.6(13) | 99.6(18) | 61.2(11) |
| Robbery | 10.9(2) | 27.6(5) | 16.5(3) | 16.6(3) | 27.8(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 436.3(80) | 314.6(57) | 501.3(91) | 404.1(73) | 294.8(53) |
| Property crime | 1636.2(300) | 1434.8(260) | 1382.7(251) | 1345.1(243) | 1196.0(215) |
| Burglary | 441.8(81) | 309.0(56) | 258.9(47) | 171.6(31) | 139.1(25) |
| Larceny | 965.4(177) | 998.8(181) | 980.6(178) | 1073.8(194) | 962.4(173) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 174.5(32) | 99.3(18) | 99.2(18) | 77.5(14) | 44.5(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairmont, WV Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Fairmont Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Fairmont calculated?
- Fairmont's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the West Virginia state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to West Virginia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Fairmont Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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