Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Clarksburg records more property crime than 86% of U.S. towns
Overall, it grades C− for safety (#20 of 29 graded towns in West Virginia). Still, its police logs show 3.3 violent crimes and 25.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of West Virginia the numbers are 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 Clarksburg
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 West Virginia towns on Clarksburg’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Bridgeport (B−). Nutter Fort has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among West Virginia towns, closer to the middle
West Virginia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Clarksburg’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 31% of the 29 West Virginia towns we grade, against 18% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Clarksburg’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Clarksburg property | Rest of West Virginia property | Clarksburg violent | Rest of West Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31.3 | 25.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 22.2 | 24.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 21.8 | 23.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of West Virginia.
Crime in Clarksburg 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Clarksburg | Rest of West Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Clarksburg’s police reported 152 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of West Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
372 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.
42 violent and 330 property, as reported to the FBI by Clarksburg’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Clarksburg’s roads in 2019–2023
Clarksburg had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is about what is typical for West Virginia towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (10.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Clarksburg’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Clarksburg’s own rate (5.1) 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.
Clarksburg and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksburg | C− | 3.3 | 25.1 |
| Bridgeport | B− | 1.2 | 13.8 |
| Nutter Fort | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Nutter Fort has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
West Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksburg | C− | 3.3 | 25.1 |
| St. Albans | C | 2.2 | 22.6 |
| Fairmont | C− | 5.1 | 12.7 |
| Vienna | C− | 1.4 | 34.7 |
| South Charleston | D− | 5.0 | 51.8 |
| Beckley | D− | 6.5 | 73.4 |
The five graded West Virginia towns closest to Clarksburg’s population (15,562), 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 Clarksburg. 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 Clarksburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,104 in 2025); our figure for Clarksburg is 15,562 (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 Clarksburg
Is Clarksburg, WV safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Clarksburg reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #20 of 29 in West Virginia. Its police reported 3.3 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 Clarksburg?
3.3 violent and 25.1 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 Clarksburg safer than Bridgeport?
Bridgeport reports less crime per resident than Clarksburg: Bridgeport grades B− for safety and Clarksburg C−. Bridgeport’s police reported 1.2 violent and 13.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Clarksburg?
Clarksburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Clarksburg”. 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.