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Table 8

DELAWARE

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2012

City Population Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Forcible
rape
Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Bethany Beach 1,089 1 0 0 0 1 121 17 103 1 0
Blades 1,275 7 0 1 3 3 31 7 22 2 0
Bridgeville 2,104 17 0 2 2 13 70 14 52 4 1
Camden 3,558 17 0 1 5 11 295 18 275 2 0
Cheswold 1,416 2 0 0 0 2 17 3 14 0 0
Clayton 2,999 13 0 1 0 12 41 8 33 0 0
Dagsboro 822 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 17 2 0
Delaware City 1,725 3 0 0 2 1 38 11 27 0 0
Delmar 1,648 10 0 2 3 5 64 26 37 1 0
Dewey Beach 351 7 0 0 1 6 76 9 63 4 0
Dover 36,961 280 1 13 61 205 2,189 116 2,008 65 10
Ellendale 390 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0
Elsmere 6,240 64 0 0 17 47 169 40 117 12 0
Felton 1,334 8 0 0 0 8 28 4 24 0 0
Fenwick Island 388 0 0 0 0 0 35 7 28 0 0
Frankford 871 2 0 1 0 1 8 3 5 0 0
Georgetown 6,596 60 0 4 23 33 308 67 230 11 1
Greenwood 1,001 4 0 1 1 2 23 9 13 1 0
Harrington 3,659 28 0 2 2 24 191 57 129 5 0
Laurel 3,810 44 0 3 10 31 238 72 159 7 1
Lewes 2,820 9 0 1 1 7 64 11 51 2 1
Middletown 19,203 59 0 3 22 34 468 60 387 21 1
Milford 9,816 124 1 6 34 83 771 150 613 8 3
Millsboro 3,985 23 0 0 6 17 145 28 112 5 0
Milton 2,650 10 0 0 0 10 89 32 56 1 0
Newark 31,965 130 0 8 43 79 1,017 177 806 34 6
New Castle 5,378 17 0 0 6 11 295 39 249 7 0
Newport 1,074 8 0 0 3 5 59 15 38 6 0
Ocean View 1,933 1 0 0 0 1 42 22 20 0 0
Rehoboth Beach 1,364 10 0 1 1 8 160 39 121 0 0
Seaford 7,113 80 1 3 20 56 576 70 502 4 0
Selbyville 2,216 7 0 2 1 4 131 28 100 3 0
Smyrna 10,292 39 0 1 17 21 325 63 254 8 0
South Bethany 461 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 11 0 0
Wilmington 72,088 1,228 26 34 474 694 3,824 1,212 2,247 365 1
Wyoming 1,349 1 0 0 0 1 27 12 14 1 0

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