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Table 8

DELAWARE

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2018

City Population Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Bethany Beach 1,224 1 0 0 0 1 64 3 61 0 0
Blades 1,444 1 0 0 1 0 23 6 16 1 0
Bridgeville 2,368 4 0 0 1 3 33 3 28 2 0
Camden 3,497 12 0 0 3 9 145 4 139 2 1
Cheswold 1,596 3 0 0 1 2 22 1 20 1 0
Clayton 3,297 16 0 1 1 14 29 6 20 3 0
Dagsboro 902 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 24 1 0
Delaware City 1,835 10 0 1 0 9 30 3 27 0 0
Delmar 1,810 6 0 2 2 2 52 24 27 1 1
Dewey Beach 388 7 0 1 0 6 24 4 20 0 0
Dover 37,778 301 4 20 43 234 1,810 58 1,663 89 3
Ellendale 439 2 0 0 0 2 8 0 7 1 0
Elsmere 6,033 25 0 2 6 17 95 32 48 15 0
Felton 1,414 3 0 0 0 3 25 2 22 1 0
Georgetown 7,419 39 0 5 9 25 378 43 323 12 1
Greenwood 1,116 4 0 3 0 1 16 5 10 1 0
Harrington 3,659 41 0 4 6 31 105 21 78 6 0
Laurel 4,394 43 0 2 10 31 180 33 144 3 0
Lewes 3,134 7 0 0 0 7 65 15 49 1 0
Middletown 22,350 64 1 4 15 44 437 44 386 7 0
Milford 11,301 85 0 5 16 64 565 48 499 18 0
Millsboro 4,439 11 0 5 1 5 179 13 161 5 0
Milton 2,966 0 0 0 0 0 47 16 30 1 0
Newark 34,207 100 0 21 20 59 667 58 576 33 0
New Castle 5,351 17 0 1 6 10 224 24 184 16 0
Newport 1,038 5 0 0 3 2 23 3 18 2 0
Ocean View 2,146 2 0 0 0 2 24 7 17 0 0
Rehoboth Beach 1,522 9 0 1 2 6 146 13 131 2 0
Seaford 7,876 64 0 7 18 39 420 65 349 6 1
Selbyville 2,494 9 0 0 2 7 56 13 40 3 0
Smyrna 11,791 50 0 7 8 35 268 45 205 18 0
South Bethany 519 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0
Wilmington 71,157 1,099 23 14 358 704 3,502 567 2,483 452 4
Wyoming 1,531 5 0 0 1 4 13 4 8 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.