Crime in Delaware
Major crime across Delaware is about the U.S. rate per resident: 11% higher for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. That is the 21st highest of the 50 states and DC. Expected major crimes are down 9.1% from a year earlier. Of the 28 places below, 11 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.
Larger places in Delaware, against the U.S. and the state
Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.
The 28 largest places in Delaware, largest first.
Weapons violations and vandalism stand out most, at about 1.7 times the U.S. rate
Every block group in Delaware, including towns and unincorporated areas: the index against the U.S. rate per resident, and expected crimes a year per 100,000 residents.
Persons crimes
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Delaware
Share of Delaware residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.
- 0–5043.6%
- 50–10028.2%
- 100–20016.4%
- 200–4008.2%
- 400+3.6%
70.8% of Delaware residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI; for the rest, totals come from summary counts (0.0%) or from agencies' past reports or similar agencies (0.1%), and 29.1% live in areas without a reporting agency of their own (shares of 2020 residents). Data sources
706 block groups and 1,075,024 residents. How the estimates are made