Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Reported crime per resident in Oak Hill fell 40% from 2023 to 2025
Police counts work out at 1.6 violent crimes and 11.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of West Virginia they are 4.1 and 24.7. Across all the graded crimes, Oak Hill lands on B− (#7 of 29 graded towns in West Virginia): close to the middle 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 Oak Hill
Oak Hill reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 West Virginia towns on Oak Hill’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Fayetteville (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among West Virginia towns, higher
West Virginia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Oak Hill’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 76% of the 29 West Virginia towns we grade, against 51% 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 Oak Hill’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Oak Hill’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | Oak Hill property | Rest of West Virginia property | Oak Hill violent | Rest of West Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.2 | 25.9 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 20.7 | 24.4 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 5.9 | 23.7 | 0.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Oak Hill | Rest of West Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Oak Hill’s police reported 36 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 Oak Hill 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
52 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
7 violent and 45 property, as reported to the FBI by Oak Hill’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Oak Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Oak Hill had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Oak Hill’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Oak Hill’s own rate (15.1) 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.
Oak Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | B− | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| Fayetteville | C+ | 1.0 | 17.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
West Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | B− | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| Charles Town | B+ | 0.9 | 9.1 |
| Moundsville | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Dunbar | C− | 3.8 | 18.4 |
| Bluefield | C− | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Nitro | D | 1.8 | 42.5 |
The five graded West Virginia towns closest to Oak Hill’s population (7,629), 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 Oak Hill. 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 Oak Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,630 in 2025); our figure for Oak Hill is 7,629 (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 Oak Hill
Is Oak Hill, WV safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Oak Hill reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #7 of 29 in West Virginia. Its police reported 1.6 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 Oak Hill?
1.6 violent and 11.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of West Virginia reports 4.1 and 24.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Oak Hill safer than Fayetteville?
Fayetteville reports more crime per resident than Oak Hill: Fayetteville grades C+ for safety and Oak Hill B−. Fayetteville’s police reported 1.0 violent and 17.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Oak Hill?
Oak Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Oak Hill Police Department”. 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.