Bluefield, WV Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bluefield:

  • There were 139 total crimes committed in Bluefield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,517.0 total crimes per 100K people in Bluefield.
  • The overall crime rate in Bluefield is -28.42% below the national average.
  • Bluefield ranks #29 safest out of 56 cities in West Virginia.
  • Bluefield ranks #6,076 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live 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 1,517.0 per 100,000 people. That's -28.42% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 7.53% higher than the West Virginia total crime rate of 1,410.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bluefield
/ 100k People
West Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 139 1,517.0 1,410.8 2,119.2
Murder 1 10.9 5.3 5.0
Robbery 1 10.9 9.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 37 403.8 185.8 256.0
Violent Crime 44 480.2 248.8 359.0
Burglary 22 240.1 178.3 229.0
Larceny 64 698.5 905.1 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 98.2 78.5 259.0
Property Crime 95 1,036.8 1,161.9 1,760.0

Bluefield Crime Compared To West Virginia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in West Virginia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Bluefield

44
Violent Crimes
480.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
33.76%
Above The National Average
  • There were 44 violent crimes in Bluefield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bluefield is 480.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 208.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bluefield each year. That compares to a 1 in 401.9 chance statewide.
  • That's 33.76% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 92.99% higher than the West Virginia violent crime rate of 248.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bluefield

95
Property Crimes
1,036.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-41.09%
Below The National Average
  • There were 95 property crimes in Bluefield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bluefield is 1,036.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 96.5 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 -41.09% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -10.77% lower than the West Virginia property crime rate of 1,161.9 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 45,734 362 791.5 715.0 76.5
Christiansburg, VA 22,297 629 2,821.0 2,596.8 224.2
Radford, VA 17,399 194 1,115.0 902.4 212.7
Beckley, WV 16,367 1,394 8,517.1 7,912.3 604.9
Pulaski, VA 8,818 255 2,891.8 2,324.8 567.0
Wytheville, VA 8,138 227 2,789.4 2,727.9 61.4
Marion, VA 5,576 146 2,618.4 2,331.4 286.9
Princeton, WV 5,551 43 774.6 360.3 414.3
Richlands, VA 5,037 83 1,647.8 1,250.7 397.1
Bluefield, VA 4,845 154 3,178.5 3,116.6 61.9

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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