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
8/10
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.
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
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Wheeling's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to West Virginia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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