Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wheeling, WV Crime Grade
How Wheeling 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
West Virginia
10/10
vs. West Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wheeling, WV was 820.1 per 100,000 residents (212 incidents over a population of 25,851). That puts Wheeling Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 152% above the West Virginia statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Wheeling #3,611 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #13 of 13 in West Virginia. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Wheeling, WV crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- West Virginia Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 820.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,611 of 3,771
- WV rank
- #13 of 13
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 25,851
- Reporting agency
- Wheeling Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wheeling Police Department (FBI ORI WV0350100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wheeling, WV
Also known as
- Weeling
- Fort Henry
- Fort Fincastle
- Whealing
- Wheelin
- Zanesburg
- Nail City
History
This was the site of Fort Fincastle in 1774, which was later known also as Fort Henry, in honor of Patrick Henry, governor of VA.
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. Wheeling (red), West Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wheeling 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 | 1039.1(271) | 1246.0(327) | 992.2(259) | 982.6(255) | 820.1(212) |
| Murder | 7.7(2) | 19.1(5) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) |
| Rape | 72.8(19) | 102.9(27) | 80.4(21) | 53.9(14) | 73.5(19) |
| Robbery | 53.7(14) | 53.3(14) | 30.6(8) | 53.9(14) | 19.3(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 904.9(236) | 1070.7(281) | 881.1(230) | 874.7(227) | 723.4(187) |
| Property crime | 1825.1(476) | 2415.8(634) | 2030.3(530) | 1996.1(518) | 1628.6(421) |
| Burglary | 394.9(103) | 708.7(186) | 532.5(139) | 558.7(145) | 433.3(112) |
| Larceny | 1307.5(341) | 1547.0(406) | 1371.4(358) | 1321.7(343) | 1145.0(296) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 115.0(30) | 156.2(41) | 126.4(33) | 111.7(29) | 42.6(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wheeling, 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 Wheeling 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 Wheeling calculated?
- Wheeling'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 Wheeling 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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