What is the crime rate in Selbyville, DE?

In 2025, the Selbyville Police Department reported 12 violent crimes and 43 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 354 violent and 1,270 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,387 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: 354
Property per 100,000: 1,270
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 43

Crime reported by the Selbyville 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	7	219	79	2,470	3,198
2024	3	91	48	1,461	3,286
2025	12	354	43	1,270	3,387

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 79 in 2023 to 43 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.

Selbyville against Delaware and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Selbyville	354	1,270
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 Selbyville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Selbyville	—	354	1,270
Dagsboro	6.3 mi	196	1,079
Ocean View	6.9 mi	160	353
Berlin	8.9 mi	37	627
Bethany Beach	9.3 mi	716	5,909
Millsboro	10 mi	345	2,786
Pittsville	12 mi	0	240
Delmar	18 mi	384	1,879
Georgetown	19 mi	719	4,483

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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