DELAWARE

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2016

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Rape (revised definition)¹	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson
Bethany Beach	1,193	4	0	0	0	4	67	7	60	0	0
Blades	1,377	5	0	0	2	3	29	9	19	1	0
Bridgeville	2,297	9	0	0	2	7	59	5	53	1	0
Camden	3,512	14	0	1	6	7	196	5	189	2	0
Cheswold	1,424	2	0	0	1	1	21	2	19	0	0
Clayton	3,165	6	0	0	0	6	37	14	23	0	0
Dagsboro	875	5	0	2	1	2	24	2	22	0	0
Delaware City	1,750	4	0	2	1	1	84	18	63	3	0
Delmar	1,757	15	0	0	5	10	64	23	39	2	0
Dewey Beach	378	16	0	2	1	13	43	8	34	1	0
Dover	37,824	307	2	12	57	236	1,880	100	1,699	81	5
Ellendale	422	0	0	0	0	0	12	5	7	0	0
Elsmere	6,149	28	0	2	5	21	151	29	107	15	0
Felton	1,423	4	0	0	2	2	18	3	15	0	0
Fenwick Island	425	0	0	0	0	0	18	7	11	0	0
Frankford	950	2	0	0	0	2	13	5	7	1	0
Georgetown	7,177	43	0	5	19	19	408	57	346	5	0
Greenwood	1,086	0	0	0	0	0	21	2	19	0	0
Harrington	3,719	35	0	4	6	25	110	19	84	7	1
Laurel	4,150	47	0	6	6	35	167	42	122	3	0
Lewes	3,065	3	0	0	1	2	63	9	53	1	0
Middletown	20,666	70	0	8	20	42	500	44	450	6	0
Milford	10,392	100	0	8	27	65	548	63	478	7	0
Millsboro	4,286	20	0	4	7	9	179	16	161	2	0
Milton	2,875	3	0	1	0	2	32	10	22	0	0
Newark	34,297	114	0	7	40	67	765	85	654	26	3
New Castle	5,392	32	1	3	11	17	189	16	164	9	0
Newport	1,059	10	0	0	3	7	28	5	21	2	0
Ocean View	2,075	3	0	0	0	3	29	9	20	0	0
Rehoboth Beach	1,485	7	0	1	3	3	149	12	137	0	0
Seaford	7,725	81	0	6	22	53	398	58	339	1	0
Selbyville	2,440	9	0	2	2	5	78	25	49	4	0
Smyrna	11,573	70	0	5	19	46	310	50	251	9	0
South Bethany	507	0	0	0	0	0	15	5	10	0	0
Wilmington	72,183	1,285	26	35	438	786	3,544	812	2,232	500	5
Wyoming	1,497	6	0	0	1	5	22	8	14	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 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.

Table 6