What is the crime rate in Wilmington, DE?

In 2025, the Wilmington Police Department reported 855 violent crimes and 2,143 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,159 violent and 2,905 property crimes per 100,000 of the 73,773 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: 1,159
Property per 100,000: 2,905
Violent crimes: 855
Property crimes: 2,143

Crime reported by the Wilmington 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	943	1,311	2,611	3,630	71,934
2024	819	1,138	2,290	3,182	71,958
2025	855	1,159	2,143	2,905	73,773

Violent crimes reported went from 943 in 2023 to 855 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,611 in 2023 to 2,143 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.

Wilmington against Delaware and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wilmington	1,159	2,905
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 Wilmington, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wilmington	—	1,159	2,905
Elsmere	3.3 mi	144	978
Penns Grove Borough	3.4 mi	446	446
New Castle	4.9 mi	347	2,309
Pennsville Township	7.7 mi	194	2,109
Bethel Township (Delaware County)	8.0 mi	30	569
Lower Chichester Township	8.0 mi	446	2,704
Marcus Hook	8.1 mi	405	1,255

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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