What is the crime rate in Smyrna, DE?

In 2025, the Smyrna Police Department reported 73 violent crimes and 270 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 544 violent and 2,012 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,417 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: 544
Property per 100,000: 2,012
Violent crimes: 73
Property crimes: 270

Crime reported by the Smyrna 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	53	394	319	2,369	13,468
2024	71	530	264	1,972	13,386
2025	73	544	270	2,012	13,417

Violent crimes reported went from 53 in 2023 to 73 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 319 in 2023 to 270 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.

Smyrna against Delaware and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Smyrna	544	2,012
Kent County	397	1,949
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 Smyrna, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Smyrna	—	544	2,012
Clayton	1.9 mi	64	172
Cheswold	5.4 mi	258	552
Townsend	9.0 mi	167	301
Dover	10 mi	852	5,821
Middletown	12 mi	186	1,392
Wyoming	13 mi	261	261
Lower Alloways Creek Township	13 mi	57	341
Camden	14 mi	231	4,163

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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