Bennett Cockayne House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThe crimes the grade counts rose 70% per resident in Glen Dale from 2023 to 2025
Violence and property crime split as 1.2 violent crimes and 9.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.0 and 24.5 in the rest of West Virginia. Glen Dale’s overall Safety Grade is B: less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
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 Glen Dale
Glen Dale reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 West Virginia towns on Glen Dale’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Moundsville (C). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Glen Dale has 1,225 jobs based in town for 1,404 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Glen Dale’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Glen Dale property | Rest of West Virginia property | Glen Dale violent | Rest of West Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.9 | 28.4 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 25.7 | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 24.4 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 11.5 | 23.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of West Virginia.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Glen Dale | Rest of West Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Glen Dale’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of West Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Glen Dale 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.
20 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.
4 violent and 16 property, as reported to the FBI by Glen Dale’s police.
No one died in a crash on Glen Dale’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Glen Dale’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Glen Dale’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Glen Dale and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Dale | B | 1.2 | 9.0 |
| Moundsville | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
West Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Dale | B | 1.2 | 9.0 |
| Ceredo | A− | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| Follansbee | B+ | 0.4 | 8.9 |
| White Sulphur Springs | B | 0.9 | 13.0 |
| Spencer | C | 0.5 | 27.5 |
| Moorefield | D | 6.6 | 16.8 |
The five graded West Virginia towns closest to Glen Dale’s population (1,404), 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 Glen Dale. 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 Glen Dale’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,397 in 2025); our figure for Glen Dale is 1,404 (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 Glen Dale
Is Glen Dale, WV safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Glen Dale reports less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of West Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Glen Dale?
1.2 violent and 9.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of West Virginia reports 4.0 and 24.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Glen Dale safer than Moundsville?
Moundsville reports more crime per resident than Glen Dale: Moundsville grades C for safety and Glen Dale B. Moundsville’s police reported 2.4 violent and 20.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Glen Dale?
Glen Dale’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Glen Dale”. 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.