How Safe is Your Home in West Virginia?

In the year 2010 West Virginia had an estimated population of 1,852,994 which ranked the state 38th in number of inhabitants compared to the 50 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico¹. The state ranked 24th in the country for number of burglaries and 36th in property crimes in 2009².

The table below contains the data reported for the state of West Virginia for the years 2005-2009².

Year	Population	Total Property Crimes	Total Burglaries
2005	1,816,856	47,696	11,286
2006	1,818,470	47,672	11,531
2007	1,812,035	45,753	10,814
2008	1,814,468	46,607	11,066
2009	1,819,777	45,981	11,951

Sources:
¹http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table
²http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr