FBI arson data · 2024
West Virginia Arson
173 arson offenses were reported by 549 West Virginia law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.5% of the national total. The most was reported by Kanawha County Sheriff's Office (19).
West Virginia agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha County Sheriff's Office | County | Kanawha County | 19 |
| Charleston Police Department | City | Kanawha County | 13 |
| Parkersburg Police Department | City | Wood County | 10 |
| Huntington Police Department | City | Cabell County | 7 |
| Raleigh County Sheriff's Office | County | Raleigh County | 6 |
| Beckley Police Department | City | Raleigh County | 6 |
| Mercer County Sheriff's Office | County | Mercer County | 5 |
| Morgantown Police Department | City | Monongalia County | 5 |
| Buckhannon Police Department | City | Upshur County | 5 |
| Cabell County Sheriff's Office | County | Cabell County | 4 |
| State Fire Marshal: Harrison County | Other State Agency | Kanawha County | 4 |
| Fairmont Police Department | City | Marion County | 4 |
| State Fire Marshal: Marion County | Other State Agency | Kanawha County | 4 |
| Oak Hill Police Department | City | Fayette County | 3 |
| Harrison County Sheriff's Office | County | Harrison County | 3 |
| Clarksburg Police Department | City | Harrison County | 3 |
| Mason County Sheriff's Office | County | Mason County | 3 |
| State Police: Hamlin | State Police | Lincoln County | 3 |
| State Police: Upperglade | State Police | Webster County | 3 |
| Berkeley County Sheriff's Office | County | Berkeley County | 2 |
| Fayette County Sheriff's Office | County | Fayette County | 2 |
| Jackson County Sheriff's Office | County | Jackson County | 2 |
| Logan County Sheriff's Office | County | Logan County | 2 |
| Mingo County Sheriff's Office | County | Mingo County | 2 |
| Putnam County Sheriff's Office | County | Putnam County | 2 |
West Virginia arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
West Virginia arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in West Virginia in 2024?+
173 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 549 West Virginia law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 72 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in West Virginia?+
Kanawha County Sheriff's Office, with 19 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Kanawha County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in West Virginia?+
West Virginia's 173 reported arsons were 0.5% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.