What is the crime rate in Delaware City, DE?

In 2025, the Delaware City Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 14 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 411 violent and 719 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,946 residents it serves.

Across Delaware the rates were 354 and 1,586.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 411
Property per 100,000: 719
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 14

Crime reported by the Delaware City Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	6	316	12	632	1,899
2024	3	157	12	628	1,912
2025	8	411	14	719	1,946

Violent crimes reported went from 6 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 12 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Delaware City against Delaware and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Delaware City	411	719
New Castle County	287	1,012
Delaware	354	1,586
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Delaware City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Delaware City	—	411	719
Pennsville Township	6.1 mi	194	2,109
Salem	6.5 mi	613	1,949
New Castle	6.8 mi	347	2,309
Middletown	11 mi	186	1,392
Lower Alloways Creek Township	11 mi	57	341
Newark	11 mi	298	1,735
Elsmere	11 mi	144	978
Wilmington	12 mi	1,159	2,905

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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