Is ZIP code 25040 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 25040 scores in the 45.9th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 25040 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 25040 compare with the rest of West Virginia?

It ranks #24 of 92 scored ZIP codes in West Virginia, against a state median of the 60.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,357 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 25040, Charlton Heights, WV

Charlton Heights · August 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Below Average

Lower crime than 54.13% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#6,357

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

West Virginia rank

#24

of 92 in state

Score index

54.9

crime intensity

Snapshot

August 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 25040 covers part of Charlton Heights in West Virginia. In August 2026 it scored in the 45.9th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #6,357, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within West Virginia it ranks #24 of 92. That is 14.7 points below the West Virginia median of 60.6.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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Nearby ZIP codes

2 of 6 score lower than 25040. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 25040

Is ZIP code 25040 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 25040 scores in the 45.9th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 25040 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 25040 compare with the rest of West Virginia?: It ranks #24 of 92 scored ZIP codes in West Virginia, against a state median of the 60.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,357 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, August 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.