Fort Gay, WV Property Crime Rates and Maps

D+

Violent Crime Grade	C
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	D+

Which crimes are included?

$310,317

Cost of Crime™ for Fort Gay, WV

In 2025, property crime will cost $301 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Fort Gay with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The D grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Fort Gay against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Fort Gay sits in the 23rd percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 23% of cities and behind 77%. The grade covers only Fort Gay's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Fort Gay is 19.98 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the east part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 33 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 147 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Fort Gay, WV report the most property crime, about 22 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Fort Gay, WV

Property crime in Fort Gay is projected to cost $310,317 in 2025, about $120 per resident and $301 per household. That equals 0.6% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 74.1%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 20.4%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.5%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Fort Gay Compared to Other Cities?

Fort Gay, WV:	$120
Welch, WV:	$187
Hedgesville, WV:	$30
West Virginia:	$76
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $120 per resident each year in Fort Gay, which is $16 less than the national average and $45 more than West Virginia's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Fort Gay:

In Welch, WV, crime costs $187 per person, which is $67 more than in Fort Gay.
In Hedgesville, WV, crime costs $30 per person, which is $90 less than in Fort Gay

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Fort Gay, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Fort Gay	Cost per Fort Gay Resident
Vehicle Theft	$29,483	$11
Burglary	$40,818	$16
Theft	$231,903	$90
Arson	$8,113	$3
Total Cost of Property Crime	$310,317	$120

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Fort Gay, WV. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Fort Gay Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Fort Gay residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	17.37
Vehicle Theft	0.7386
Burglary	1.746
Arson	0.1303
Total Property Crime	19.98 (D)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Fort Gay is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Fort Gay.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Louisa, KY	B	A-	B
Five Forks, KY	A-	A+	B+
Genoa, WV	C+	B-	C+
Hubbardstown, WV	A-	B+	A-
Clifford, KY	B-	A	B
Evergreen, KY	B+	A	B-
Echo, WV	A-	A-	A
Radnor, WV	D+	B-	D+
Ledocio, KY	B-	A-	C
Adams, KY	C+	B	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Fort Gay is higher versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Woodworth, LA	A+	C	C
Syracuse, NE	C	D	D
Adolphus, KY	A-	A-	A-
Waddy, KY	A-	B+	B+
Wartrace, IL	D	C-	C-
Waverly Hall, GA	B	B+	B+
Willards, MD	B-	C-	C-
Wister, OK	C+	C+	C+
Cole Camp, MO	D	D	D
Coal Creek, CO	D	D-	D-

Considering only the property crime rate, Fort Gay is less safe than the West Virginia state average and as safe as the national average.

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