Crime in Laurel, Delaware
Major crime in Laurel is 1.7 times the U.S. rate per resident: 3.7 times for persons crimes and 27% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.6% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 6.8 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Laurel for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Laurel
Laurel is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 178; the middle half of residents live where it is between 159 and 186.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–1000.0%
- 100–200100.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 6.6% in a year; across Delaware it fell 9.1%
Change in expected crimes, with Delaware as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Laurel against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
130 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Laurel; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Laurel has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Delmar (7 mi), is 74% below Laurel's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Laurel
What are the most common crimes in Laurel?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are aggravated assault (about 48 a year), other larceny (about 28 a year) and shoplifting (about 25 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 6.8 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Laurel's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Laurel has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 48.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 4,470. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Laurel, Delaware." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/de/laurel
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
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