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Dover Crime Rate Report (Delaware)

Dover crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Dover for 2024 is expected to be higher than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Dover in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 129.47% and the city property crime rate in Dover was higher than the national property crime rate average by 154.14%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Dover was higher than the violent crime rate in Delaware by 106.03% and the city property crime rate in Dover was higher than the property crime rate in Delaware by 138.09%.

Property and Violent Crime
Dover Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Dover Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Dover Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault268
Arson8
Burglary82
Larceny and Theft1,886
Motor Vehicle Theft89
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape13
Robbery49
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,302
Property Crime2,057
Violent Crime334
2024 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault276
Arson2
Burglary12
Larceny and Theft1,527
Motor Vehicle Theft67
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape17
Robbery33
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,846
Property Crime1,601
Violent Crime332

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Dover Property Crime

Dover Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Dover Crime 2019

Dover Crime 2024

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Dover Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Dover Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Dover, Delaware crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Dover crime report data for 2024 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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