Harpers Ferry National Historical Park · Photo: Mark Fickett · CC BY 3.0Harpers Ferry goes ungraded: its recorded crime
There are no FBI figures for Harpers Ferry by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. The closest graded town is Charles Town, 9 miles away, at B+.
The nearest West Virginia towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Town | B+ | 9 mi | 0.9 | 9.1 |
| Moorefield | D | 68 mi | 6.6 | 16.8 |
| Morgantown | C | 120 mi | 2.6 | 19.5 |
| Grafton | A− | 122 mi | 0.4 | 7.6 |
| Westover | C− | 122 mi | 1.9 | 25.3 |
| Philippi | B | 124 mi | 2.4 | 6.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Harpers Ferry. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Harpers Ferry.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Harpers Ferry’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 Harpers Ferry’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Harpers Ferry’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.
Harpers Ferry and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Harpers Ferry
Is Harpers Ferry, WV safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Harpers Ferry. Harpers Ferry has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest West Virginia towns with a grade are Charles Town (B+, 9 mi), Moorefield (D, 68 mi), Morgantown (C, 120 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Harpers Ferry.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.