Drug-Related Crime per Capita in Wirt County
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 Wirt County residents.
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 Wirt County residents.
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Drug-Related Crime Grade™
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in Wirt County is about 1 in 186.
Drug-Related Crime costs the average Wirt County resident about $40 per year.
Crime Grade's drug-related crime map shows the safest places in Wirt County in green. The most dangerous areas in Wirt County are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The D+ grade means the rate of drug-related crime is higher than the average US county. Wirt County is in the 30th percentile for safety, meaning 70% of counties are safer and 30% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Wirt County's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.
The rate of drug-related crime in Wirt County is 5.388 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Wirt County generally consider the northwest part of the county to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in Wirt County may be as high as 1 in 126 in the northeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 287 in the northwest part of the county.
By a simple count ignoring population, more drug-related crime occurs in the north parts of Wirt County, WV: about 10 per year. The south part of Wirt County has fewer cases of drug-related crime with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the drug-related crime rate in Wirt County to the West Virginia state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Wirt County, WV: | 5.388 |
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| West Virginia: | 5.552 |
| USA: | 3.112 |
Considering only the drug-related crime rate, Wirt County is as safe as the West Virginia state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Drug-Related Crime is projected to cost the residents of Wirt County about $187,343 in 2025, or roughly $40 per resident. This is part of Wirt County's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Wirt County, including every crime type and how Wirt County compares to other counties.
Remember that drug-related crime rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Wirt County's crime maps on the Wirt County overall crime page.
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Nearby County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
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B | A- | A- | D+ | |
C | C+ | C- | D- | |
B | B- | A- | F | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | C- | |
B | B+ | B- | D | |
A+ | A | A+ | C- | |
B+ | B | B+ | A- | |
C+ | C | B | D- | |
B+ | B- | B+ | A- | |
A- | B | A- | D+ |
Wirt County is similar versus other counties of the same size for drug-related crime. The table below compares drug-related crime in counties with comparable overall population.
Similar County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
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A- | B | B | D- | |
C- | D | D | C- | |
B+ | A | A | C | |
D | D- | D- | D+ | |
D | D- | D- | F | |
D | D- | D- | D | |
A+ | A- | A- | D+ | |
D+ | C | C | D+ | |
B | B- | B- | A- | |
A- | C | C | D- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Wirt County, WV average SchoolGrade of C-, with 32% actual proficiency versus 27% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Wirt County schools on SchoolGrade
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