Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5More property crime is recorded per resident in Barboursville than in 89% of U.S. towns
The overall Safety Grade is C (#14 of 29 graded towns in West Virginia), which means more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 0.9 violent crime and 28.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of West Virginia, 4.1 and 24.4.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WV” is every other West Virginia city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Barboursville
Barboursville reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 West Virginia towns on Barboursville’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Huntington (D). Pea Ridge is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among West Virginia towns, closer to the middle
West Virginia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Barboursville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 52% of the 29 West Virginia towns we grade, against 25% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Barboursville has 5,280 jobs based in town for 4,307 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Barboursville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Barboursville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Barboursville | Rest of West Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Barboursville’s police reported 12 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of West Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Barboursville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Barboursville property | Rest of West Virginia property | Barboursville violent | Rest of West Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.3 | 28.4 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 27.8 | 25.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 28.4 | 24.3 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 27.9 | 23.4 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of West Virginia.
127 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 120 property, as reported to the FBI by Barboursville’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Barboursville’s roads in 2019–2023
Barboursville had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 3) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for West Virginia towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Barboursville’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Barboursville’s own rate (13.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Barboursville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barboursville | C | 0.9 | 28.0 |
| Pea Ridge | — | — | — |
| Huntington | D | 7.5 | 34.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pea Ridge is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
West Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barboursville | C | 0.9 | 28.0 |
| Grafton | A− | 0.4 | 7.6 |
| Weston | B+ | 1.4 | 7.5 |
| Buckhannon | B− | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| Summersville | C+ | 1.4 | 17.3 |
| Westover | C− | 1.9 | 25.3 |
The five graded West Virginia towns closest to Barboursville’s population (4,307), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Barboursville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Barboursville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,299 in 2025); our figure for Barboursville is 4,307 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Barboursville
Is Barboursville, WV safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Barboursville reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #14 of 29 in West Virginia. Its police reported 0.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of West Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Barboursville?
0.9 violent and 28.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of West Virginia reports 4.1 and 24.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Barboursville safer than Huntington?
Huntington reports more crime per resident than Barboursville: Huntington grades D for safety and Barboursville C. Huntington’s police reported 7.5 violent and 34.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Barboursville?
Barboursville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Barboursville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.