The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Berkeley Springs, WV
Berkeley Springs is a community of 10,200 in Morgan County, about 25 miles west of downtown Hagerstown · Updated November 2026
Is Berkeley Springs, WV safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Berkeley Springs has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 962 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
90% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Berkeley Springs as a whole, and 10% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Berkeley Springs scores 962.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Berkeley Springs, WV at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Berkeley Springs, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Berkeley Springs
Theft runs low. Berkeley Springs has 2.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Berkeley Springs
Every part of Berkeley Springs where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Berkeley Springs run from A+ to A-; 93% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Berkeley Springs, the east side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Berkeley Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Berkeley Springs has about 11 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 69% less than the US as a whole and 54% less than West Virginia.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Berkeley Springs, about 41% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Berkeley Springs compares with nearby cities
Of the 4 cities closest to Berkeley Springs, 3 have less crime. Sleepy Creek and Great Cacapon have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Berkeley Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Berkeley Springs is safer than 88% of them.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Berkeley Springs
Two things set Berkeley Springs apart: it has 22% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.22% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 92% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Berkeley Springs: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Berkeley Springs
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Berkeley Springs about $434 a year per household, 64% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $7.5 million a year, or $743 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$520,000
$51
Rape
$220,000
$22
Robbery
$8,000
$1
Assault
$600,000
$59
Burglary
$62,000
$6
Theft
$140,000
$14
Vehicle theft
$93,000
$9
Arson
$27,000
$3
Vandalism
$160,000
$15
Total
$1.8 million
$180
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Berkeley Springs means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Berkeley Springs, WV average a SchoolGrade of B-: 31% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Berkeley Springs on SchoolGrade
