Table 8
DELAWARE
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2017
| State | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape1 | Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Beach | 1,218 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 9 | 67 | 2 | 0 |
| Blades | 1,404 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| Bridgeville | 2,345 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Camden | 3,492 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 181 | 7 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheswold | 1,435 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Clayton | 3,198 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Dagsboro | 895 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Delaware City | 1,750 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 11 | 40 | 3 | 0 |
| Delmar | 1,794 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 10 | 45 | 1 | 2 |
| Dewey Beach | 386 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| Dover | 38,084 | 264 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 208 | 1,671 | 52 | 1,558 | 61 | 9 |
| Ellendale | 430 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Elsmere | 6,102 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 114 | 29 | 72 | 13 | 0 |
| Felton | 1,426 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Fenwick Island | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankford | 969 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Frederica | 838 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 7,338 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 422 | 71 | 344 | 7 | 0 |
| Greenwood | 1,105 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrington | 3,699 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 120 | 17 | 99 | 4 | 0 |
| Kenton | 268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurel | 4,238 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 39 | 180 | 38 | 132 | 10 | 0 |
| Lewes | 3,131 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 13 | 62 | 2 | 0 |
| Middletown | 21,213 | 75 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 44 | 459 | 54 | 391 | 14 | 0 |
| Milford | 11,223 | 103 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 70 | 645 | 80 | 552 | 13 | 0 |
| Millsboro | 4,366 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 184 | 10 | 173 | 1 | 1 |
| Milton | 2,932 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| Newark | 33,722 | 96 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 50 | 666 | 71 | 569 | 26 | 2 |
| New Castle | 5,362 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 228 | 20 | 195 | 13 | 0 |
| Newport | 1,049 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Ocean View | 2,117 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Rehoboth Beach | 1,516 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 144 | 11 | 130 | 3 | 0 |
| Seaford | 7,880 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 36 | 446 | 51 | 389 | 6 | 1 |
| Selbyville | 2,466 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 13 | 38 | 5 | 0 |
| Smyrna | 11,593 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 279 | 43 | 227 | 9 | 2 |
| South Bethany | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Viola | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilmington | 71,552 | 1,142 | 34 | 33 | 381 | 694 | 3,550 | 705 | 2,413 | 432 | 2 |
| Wyoming | 1,516 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting 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.
