What is the crime rate in Lewes, DE?

In 2025, the Lewes Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 33 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 368 violent and 868 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,804 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: 368
Property per 100,000: 868
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 33

Crime reported by the Lewes 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	5	137	44	1,206	3,647
2024	6	162	23	621	3,704
2025	14	368	33	868	3,804

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 44 in 2023 to 33 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.

Lewes against Delaware and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lewes	368	868
Sussex County	286	1,062
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 Lewes, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lewes	—	368	868
Rehoboth Beach	5.4 mi	386	8,108
Milton	9.0 mi	334	1,259
Georgetown	15 mi	719	4,483
Millsboro	16 mi	345	2,786
Dagsboro	17 mi	196	1,079
Bethany Beach	17 mi	716	5,909
Cape May	17 mi	146	2,706
Ocean View	18 mi	160	353

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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