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Table 8

DELAWARE

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2014

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)1 		Rape
(legacy
definition)2 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Bethany Beach 1,138 2 0 1 0 1 89 8 81 0 0
Bridgeville 2,190 18 0 1 1 16 49 7 40 2 0
Camden 3,518 11 0 1 1 9 311 11 297 3 0
Cheswold 1,433 4 0 0 0 4 18 6 12 0 0
Clayton 3,065 8 0 1 0 7 38 15 23 0 0
Dagsboro 852 0 0 0 0 0 48 1 47 0 0
Delaware City 1,732 5 0 0 1 4 60 30 28 2 1
Delmar 1,676 14 0 2 7 5 68 8 59 1 0
Dewey Beach 362 11 0 0 1 10 81 22 57 2 0
Dover 37,671 242 2 14 64 162 1,874 74 1,736 64 0
Ellendale 403 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Elsmere 6,173 22 0 3 4 15 125 31 80 14 0
Felton 1,377 4 0 1 0 3 31 5 23 3 0
Fenwick Island 406 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 12 0 0
Frankford 898 8 0 0 0 8 12 4 7 1 0
Frederica 814 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0
Georgetown 6,847 60 0 6 34 20 403 90 308 5 0
Greenwood 1,038 9 0 3 1 5 39 10 28 1 0
Harrington 3,753 24 0 5 4 15 137 22 102 13 0
Laurel 3,960 63 0 4 16 43 231 64 162 5 0
Lewes 2,933 12 0 3 3 6 84 21 61 2 1
Middletown 19,763 61 0 9 14 38 470 58 401 11 0
Milford 10,262 81 0 8 24 49 749 136 596 17 3
Millsboro 4,102 28 0 2 7 19 202 20 176 6 0
Milton 2,750 19 0 5 5 9 77 39 36 2 0
Newark 32,813 104 1 5 33 65 745 100 613 32 8
New Castle 5,399 11 1 0 5 5 258 20 223 15 0
Newport 1,058 6 0 1 2 3 33 5 23 5 1
Ocean View 2,066 1 0 1 0 0 34 16 17 1 0
Rehoboth Beach 1,416 6 0 0 1 5 150 11 135 4 0
Seaford 7,419 67 0 5 11 51 531 77 447 7 0
Selbyville 2,347 6 0 0 3 3 97 39 56 2 0
Smyrna 11,170 62 0 9 15 38 324 48 266 10 1
Wilmington 71,713 1,174 27 23 397 727 3,765 900 2,530 335 2
Wyoming 1,429 2 0 0 0 2 14 6 8 0 0
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.