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Table 8

DELAWARE

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2015

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 1,163 0 0 0 0 0 94 17 77 0 0
Blades 1,343 4 0 1 2 1 26 9 17 0 0
Bridgeville 2,243 4 0 0 1 3 41 2 38 1 0
Camden 3,529 12 0 1 3 8 228 10 214 4 0
Cheswold 1,433 3 0 2 0 1 26 3 22 1 0
Clayton 3,112 7 0 2 1 4 31 3 26 2 0
Dagsboro 853 2 0 0 0 2 49 6 43 0 0
Delaware City 1,740 10 0 3 1 6 38 10 28 0 0
Delmar 1,717 13 0 0 2 11 48 9 38 1 0
Dewey Beach 370 15 0 1 3 11 46 8 37 1 1
Dover 37,691 284 7 13 50 214 1,994 84 1,852 58 0
Ellendale 410 3 0 2 0 1 4 1 3 0 0
Elsmere 6,158 14 0 0 3 11 106 22 74 10 0
Felton 1,408 3 0 0 0 3 30 8 22 0 0
Fenwick Island 413 1 0 0 0 1 13 1 12 0 0
Frankford 927 1 0 0 0 1 8 6 2 0 0
Frederica 827 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 0 0
Georgetown 7,006 57 0 7 15 35 369 60 300 9 0
Greenwood 1,063 4 0 1 0 3 23 4 18 1 0
Harrington 3,743 34 0 4 4 26 105 23 80 2 0
Kenton 267 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laurel 4,051 44 0 1 12 31 217 75 139 3 0
Lewes 2,993 8 0 0 1 7 77 10 66 1 0
Middletown 20,153 72 0 6 18 48 513 51 457 5 0
Milford 10,331 125 1 9 27 88 565 78 476 11 0
Millsboro 4,182 16 0 3 4 9 161 16 141 4 0
Milton 2,805 7 0 0 1 6 58 22 36 0 0
Newark 33,392 88 0 8 35 45 628 68 535 25 6
New Castle 5,392 20 0 4 6 10 203 20 178 5 0
Newport 1,061 11 0 1 1 9 32 10 18 4 0
Ocean View 2,022 1 0 0 0 1 28 11 17 0 0
Rehoboth Beach 1,449 10 0 0 3 7 177 18 156 3 0
Seaford 7,545 74 0 4 28 42 421 80 325 16 0
Selbyville 2,381 15 0 2 4 9 88 33 51 4 0
Smyrna 11,447 53 0 5 9 39 302 48 241 13 0
South Bethany 494 1 0 0 0 1 21 5 16 0 0
Viola 170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilmington 72,078 1,231 27 47 424 733 3,203 690 2,174 339 2
Wyoming 1,475 4 0 0 1 3 28 11 15 2 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 the 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 the data declaration for further explanation.

Data Declaration

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