Theft per Capita in St. Marys
The map below shows theft per 1,000 St. Marys residents.
The map below shows theft per 1,000 St. Marys residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of theft in St. Marys is about 1 in 192.
Theft costs the average St. Marys resident about $27 per year.
Crime Grade's theft map shows the safest places in St. Marys in green. The most dangerous areas in St. Marys 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. St. Marys is in the 79th percentile for safety, meaning 21% of cities are safer and 79% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to St. Marys's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of theft in St. Marys is 5.211 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in St. Marys generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of theft in St. Marys may be as high as 1 in 112 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 358 in the southwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more theft occurs in the northeast parts of St. Marys, WV: about 7 per year. The east part of St. Marys has fewer cases of theft with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the theft rate in St. Marys 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.
| St. Marys, WV: | 5.211 |
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| West Virginia: | 8.348 |
| USA: | 13.00 |
Considering only the theft rate, St. Marys 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 St. Marys about $125,794 in 2025, or roughly $27 per resident. This is part of St. Marys's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for St. Marys, including every crime type and how St. Marys 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 St. Marys's crime maps on the St. Marys 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- | |
B+ | B | B | B | |
A- | B | A+ | A+ | |
B | B | C+ | C+ | |
A | A- | A+ | A+ | |
A | A- | A+ | A+ | |
A | B+ | A+ | A | |
C- | C | D+ | D+ | |
B+ | A | A | A- | |
A | A | A+ | A+ |
St. Marys 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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A | A+ | A+ | A+ | |
B | C+ | C+ | A | |
C- | D | D | B- | |
D+ | C- | C- | D- | |
B- | A- | A- | C | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | B- | |
D+ | D+ | D+ | C | |
D | D | D | D- | |
D | D+ | D+ | D+ | |
A | A | A | A- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in St. Marys, WV average SchoolGrade of C-, with 32% actual proficiency versus 31% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See St. Marys schools on SchoolGrade
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