CrimeMetric

Crime in Moorefield, West Virginia

Major crime in Moorefield is 16% above the U.S. rate per resident: 1.5 times for persons crimes and 8% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
116
16% above the U.S. rate
1.6 times the West Virginia rate
down 6.9% in a year
Persons crimes
153
1.5 times the U.S. rate
2.0 times the West Virginia rate
down 3.7% in a year
Property crimes
108
8% above the U.S. rate
1.5 times the West Virginia rate
down 7.8% in a year
Social disorder
59
41% below the U.S. rate
27% below the West Virginia rate
down 6.5% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 3.2 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Moorefield for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Moorefield

Moorefield is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 93; the middle half of residents live where it is between 46 and 252.

Map of Moorefield, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5043.8%
  • 50–10028.6%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–40027.5%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

About the same at every time of week

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm118
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am114
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm113
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am119
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 6.9% in a year; across West Virginia it fell 6.9%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-6.9%WV -6.9%-8.7%WV -16.8%
Persons crimes-3.7%WV -4.7%+4.5%WV -3.6%
Property crimes-7.8%WV -7.4%-12.8%WV -19.9%
Social disorder-6.5%WV -5.9%-6.4%WV -11.4%

Change in expected crimes, with West Virginia as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Moorefield against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

308 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Moorefield; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Moorefield has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Keyser (26 mi), is 45% below Moorefield's rate.

Moorefield116
Keyser26 mi64
Luray, VA39 mi63

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Moorefield

What are the most common crimes in Moorefield?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 36 a year), aggravated assault (about 14 a year) and other larceny (about 8 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 3.2 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Moorefield's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Moorefield has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 3,463. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Moorefield, West Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wv/moorefield

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100