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Delaware City Crime Rate Report (Delaware)

Delaware City crime statistics report an overall downward 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 Delaware City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Delaware City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 25.48% and the city property crime rate in Delaware City was lower than the national property crime rate average by 59.82%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Delaware City was higher than the violent crime rate in Delaware by 18.51% and the city property crime rate in Delaware City was lower than the property crime rate in Delaware by 60.45%.

Property and Violent Crime
Delaware City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Delaware City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Delaware City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault6
Arson0
Burglary1
Larceny and Theft10
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)17
Property Crime12
Violent Crime8
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault5
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft0
Motor Vehicle Theft0
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape0
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)5
Property Crime0
Violent Crime5

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Delaware City Property Crime

Delaware City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Delaware City Crime 2025

Delaware City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Delaware City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Delaware City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Delaware City, 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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Delaware City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

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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