What is the crime rate in Delaware, OH?

In 2025, the Delaware Police Department reported 95 violent crimes and 456 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 199 violent and 954 property crimes per 100,000 of the 47,808 residents it serves.

Across Ohio the rates were 288 and 1,471.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 199
Property per 100,000: 954
Violent crimes: 95
Property crimes: 456

Crime reported by the Delaware 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	94	209	378	839	45,041
2024	69	149	474	1,022	46,369
2025	95	199	456	954	47,808

Violent crimes reported went from 94 in 2023 to 95 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 378 in 2023 to 456 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 against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Delaware	199	954
Ohio	288	1,471
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, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Delaware	—	199	954
Powell	8.2 mi	75	884
Sunbury	11 mi	94	310
Perry Township (Franklin County)	11 mi	0	184

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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