Theft per Capita in Lansing
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Lansing residents.
The map below shows theft per 1,000 Lansing residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of theft in Lansing is about 1 in 191.
Theft costs the average Lansing resident about $27 per year.
Crime Grade's theft map shows the safest places in Lansing in green. The most dangerous areas in Lansing 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 A- grade means the rate of theft is lower than the average US city. Lansing is in the 79th percentile for safety, meaning 21% of cities are safer and 79% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Lansing's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of theft in Lansing is 5.223 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Lansing generally consider the south part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of theft in Lansing may be as high as 1 in 136 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 439 in the south part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more theft occurs in the northwest parts of Lansing, WV: about 1 per year. The southwest part of Lansing has fewer cases of theft with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the theft rate in Lansing 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.
| Lansing, WV: | 5.223 |
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| West Virginia: | 8.348 |
| USA: | 13.00 |
Considering only the theft rate, Lansing is safer than the West Virginia state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Theft is projected to cost the residents of Lansing about $9,737 in 2025, or roughly $27 per resident. This is part of Lansing's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Lansing, including every crime type and how Lansing compares to other cities.
Remember that theft 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 Lansing's crime maps on the Lansing overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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B- | B+ | B- | B | |
A | B+ | A+ | A+ | |
B- | B+ | B | B | |
B- | B- | B+ | B+ | |
C- | B- | C- | D+ | |
A+ | A- | A+ | A+ | |
B | B- | B+ | B+ | |
B | A- | A- | A- | |
A- | B+ | A | A+ | |
B | C+ | A- | A- |
Lansing is lower versus other cities of the same size for theft. The table below compares theft in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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B- | B- | B- | C- | |
A+ | B+ | B+ | A+ | |
A | A | A | A- | |
A- | A+ | A+ | B+ | |
C- | B | B | C- | |
D | C- | C- | D+ | |
D | F | F | D+ | |
D | D | D | D+ | |
C+ | C- | C- | B | |
D+ | C- | C- | D+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Lansing, WV average SchoolGrade of D-, with 21% actual proficiency versus 28% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Lansing schools on SchoolGrade
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