Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Huntington records more crime than 95% of U.S. towns
Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes Huntington’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #27 of 29 graded towns in West Virginia. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Year on year, 7.5 violent crimes and 34.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.6 and 23.3 in the rest of West Virginia.
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 Huntington
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 West Virginia towns on Huntington’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Ceredo (A−), Barboursville (C). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Huntington is home to Marshall University, with 9,462 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 14% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Huntington has 31,864 jobs based in town for 44,815 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 Huntington’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Huntington | Rest of West Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Huntington’s police reported 1,011 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of West Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Huntington 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 7 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 | Huntington property | Rest of West Virginia property | Huntington violent | Rest of West Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.0 | 28.4 | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 32.8 | 24.7 | 7.8 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | 36.0 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 33.5 | 22.2 | 6.7 | 3.2 |
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.
1,787 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.
298 violent and 1,489 property, as reported to the FBI by Huntington’s police.
22 people died in crashes on Huntington’s roads in 2019–2023
Huntington had 22 fatal crashes in five years, in which 22 people died; 9 were pedestrians.
That is 9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for West Virginia towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.6, 5 towns).
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.
Huntington and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | D | 7.5 | 34.1 |
| Ceredo | A− | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| Barboursville | C | 0.9 | 28.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
West Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | D | 7.5 | 34.1 |
| Morgantown | C | 2.6 | 19.5 |
| Parkersburg | C− | 2.7 | 30.3 |
| Charleston | D | 5.7 | 34.6 |
| Wheeling | D | 9.3 | 18.8 |
The five graded West Virginia towns closest to Huntington’s population (44,815), 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 Huntington. 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 Huntington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,500 in 2025); our figure for Huntington is 44,815 (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 Huntington
Is Huntington, WV safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Huntington reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #27 of 29 in West Virginia. Its police reported 7.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.6 in the rest of West Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Huntington?
7.5 violent and 34.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of West Virginia reports 3.6 and 23.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Huntington in 2025?
Huntington’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Huntington safer than Ceredo?
Ceredo reports less crime per resident than Huntington: Ceredo grades A− for safety and Huntington D. Ceredo’s police reported 0.8 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Huntington?
Huntington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Huntington”. 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.